Tetsuya Yamagami, suspected of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is escorted by a police officer as he is taken to prosecutors, at a police station in Nara in 2022.

Man who killed Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe gets life in prison – BBC

January 21, 2026

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