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21 January 2026
Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s killer sentenced to life
21 January 2026
This content originally appeared on Al Jazeera.
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A Japanese court has sentenced the killer of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life in prison.
Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had admitted to fatally shooting Abe in 2022 in a crime that shocked the nation.
Prosecutors had sought a life sentence for Yamagami, calling the murder “unprecedented in our post-war history” and citing the “extremely serious consequences” it had on society.
Yamagami’s lawyers argued for a maximum punishment of 20 years imprisonment.
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