Assassin / Defendant
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Sentenced to life imprisonment; considering appeal (decision expected within two weeks of January 21 verdict)
Tetsuya Yamagami shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a campaign rally in July 2022, using a homemade gun he built after his mother's donations to the Unification Church—totaling $720,000—destroyed his family. On January 21, 2026, a Nara court sentenced him to life in prison, rejecting defense arguments that his traumatic upbringing warranted leniency.
Updated Jan 24
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