Life sentence for man who assassinated former Japan PM | ABC NEWS
The gunman who assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has been sentenced to life in prison.
Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, fatally shot Mr Abe in July 2022 with a homemade gun while the political leader was delivering a campaign speech in the western city of Nara.
Yamagami pleaded guilty to murder and prosecutors had sought a life sentence.
Although Mr Abe was no longer serving as Japan’s prime minister at the time of his killing, the assassination stunned the nation.
Yamagami previously said he targeted the country’s longest serving premier over ties to a group formerly known as the Unification Church, which he blamed for ruining his family by taking excessive donations from his mother.
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