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Tetsuya Yamagami

Tetsuya Yamagami
The latest news and top stories on Tetsuya Yamagami. He is identified as the perpetrator in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Yamagami served in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for three years, from 2002 to 2005, achieving the rank of Leading Seaman. After his military service, he held various short-term part-time roles, including a forklift operator position from 2020 to 2022. He was unemployed at the time of his arrest. His actions stemmed from a personal grievance against the Unification Church, which he believed ruined his family financially.
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Video | Former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe’s killer sentenced to life

Under Japan’s legal system, the trial continued despite Tetsuya Yamagami admitting guilt to Abe’s murder.

‘Everything is true’: Japanese gunman admits to killing Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe shooter expected to plead guilty, trial begins next week

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, underwent extensive psychiatric examination that found him mentally fit to be held criminally responsible for the killing.

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