A total of 336 posts hinting at assaulting dignitaries were made online in the lead-up to the House of Representatives election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/12/japan/online-attack-lower-house-race/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #sanaetakaichi #2026lowerhouseelection
336 online posts hinting attacks found during Lower House race

Police discovered the posts through internet monitoring conducted as part of their efforts to prevent attacks by lone offenders.

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Assassin of former PM Abe set to appeal life imprisonment ruling, media reports say

The defense lawyers plan to appeal on Wednesday, the deadline for them to appeal the Jan. 21 ruling by the Nara District Court.

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Tetsuya Yamagami, the man who assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nara in July 2022, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Nara District Court. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/21/japan/crime-legal/abe-assassin-trial-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #japanesecourts #nara
Shinzo Abe’s assassin gets life sentence

The sentence meted out to Tetsuya Yamagami, who shot the former prime minister in Nara in July 2022, brings an end to the trial for a murder that shocked Japan.

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Tòa án Nhật Bản vừa tuyên án chung thân cho Tetsuya Yamagami, kẻ dùng súng tự chế sát hại cựu Thủ tướng Shinzo Abe vào năm 2022. Vụ án gây chấn động cả nước và làm dấy lên tranh cãi về an ninh chính trị. #ShinzoAbe #TetsuyaYamagami #ViệcChếTạoVũKhí #BảnÁnChungThân

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Kẻ ám sát cựu Thủ tướng Nhật Shinzo Abe lĩnh án chung thân

Tòa án Nhật Bản tuyên án tù chung thân đối với Tetsuya Yamagami, người dùng súng tự chế sát hại cựu Thủ tướng Shinzo Abe năm 2022, vụ án chấn động xã hội Nhật Bản.

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The Nara District Court is set to rule on Tetsuya Yamagami, the man standing trial for the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, bringing the high-profile case to an end. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/japan/crime-legal/japan-yamagami-trial-ruling-preview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #japanesecourts #nara #guns
Shinzo Abe’s assassin faces verdict

One of the key points in the trial is how the judges will weigh on Tetsuya Yamagami’s troubled upbringing and motivations for fatally shooting the former prime minister.

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From his father's suicide and his mother's toxic devotion to a church, to his decision to seek revenge on that church, this is the path Tetsuya Yamagami walked before he assassinated Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/crime-legal/tetsuya-yamagami-abe-assassin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shinzoabe #tetsuyayamagami #japanesecourts #nara #unificationchurch #shinzoabeassassination
The making of Shinzo Abe’s assassin

Tetsuya Yamagami’s path to the assassination had many turning points, but his alarm over the Unification Church's ties with the prime minister, and financial woes, drove him on.

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Prosecutors demanded a 45-year-old man charged with fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 be sentenced to life in prison, according to media reports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/japan/crime-legal/prosecutors-yamagami-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #shinzoabeassassination #nara
Prosecutors demand life sentence for suspect in Shinzo Abe shooting

Tetsuya Yamagami, who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, is standing trial for murder and other charges at Nara District Court.

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The wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, who is charged with murdering Abe, for the first time on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/japan/crime-legal/akie-abe-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #nara #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #unificationchurch #shinzoabeassassination #akieabe
Abe's wife attends trial of man charged with former PM's murder

Akie Abe sat behind prosecutors at the Nara District Court, using a system for victims' participation in trials. She did not ask questions herself.

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A man standing trial for the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the Nara District Court that the attack was triggered by “despair and a sense of crisis.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/crime-legal/yamagami-trial-abe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #nara #japanesecourts
Abe shooter says ‘despair and sense of crisis’ triggered 2022 attack

Tetsuya Yamagami explained how he came to view the politician as a friend of the Unification Church and the urgency he felt to stop their interactions.

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“I should not have lived this long,” said Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as he took the stand for the first time during his trial at the Nara District Court. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/21/japan/crime-legal/yamagami-speaks-first-time/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #nara #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #unificationchurch
‘I should not have lived this long,’ man accused of killing Abe tells court

Describing his troubled upbringing and the misery caused by his mother’s devotion to the Unification Church, Tetsuya Yamagami expressed regret.

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