About Tetsuya Yamagami
Tetsuya Yamagami is a Japanese Navy veteran who assassinated Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, on 8 July 2022, in Nara. A resident of Nara, he was arrested at the scene of the assassination. At the time of his arrest, he was 41 years old, had no prior criminal history, and was unemployed. His criminal trial began in Nara on 28 October 2025. Yamagami was sentenced to life imprisonment on 21 January 2026. Websites about bomb-making and weapons manufacturing were discovered in Yamagami's browsing history. Six bullet holes were discovered by investigators at the entrance of a building next to the Nara branch of the Unification Church. Police discovered seven homemade firearms similar to that weapon, two of them unfinished, as well as possible explosive devices, during a search of his home following his arrest.
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