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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.

The Japan Times
Jan 21 at 10:48amBuffer