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Abe’s suspected shooter hopes for relief for Unification Church victims JIJI

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NARA – The suspect in the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has voiced hope for relief for victims of the controversial religious group known as the Unification Church, his lawyers revealed on Thursday. Tetsuya Yamagami, 42, has…[Continue Reading...]

Prosecutors end investigation into suspected killer of Abe

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NARA--Prosecutors here wrapped up their investigation into the man accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by bringing additional charges against the suspected assassin. Tetsuya Yamagami, 42, was indicted on charges of violating the Firearms and Swords Control Law…[Continue Reading...]

Colby Cosh: Shinzo Abe’s assassination spotlights predatory religious sect’s ties to Japanese government

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There must be other readers, I think, who have been keeping one eye on the aftermath of the July 8 assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, shot dead on a street while campaigning for his Liberal Democratic Party…[Continue Reading...]

FOCUS:Ex-PM Abe shooter trial to face issue of sympathy for church “victim”

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Following his indictment, pretrial proceedings against the shooter of Shinzo Abe are expected to throw up difficult issues, with his defense likely to attempt to offset shock over the first murder of a postwar Japanese leader by presenting him as…[Continue Reading...]

How Shinzo Abe’s murder and his ties to Moonies blindsided Japanese politics

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In the days after Shinzo Abe was shot dead last summer while making an election campaign speech, commentators struggled to articulate a motive for a seemingly senseless attack on Japan’s former and longest-serving prime minister in a country admired for…[Continue Reading...]

Police kept mum on church link despite suspect’s stated motive Police kept mum on church link despite suspect’s stated motive

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NARA--Prosecutors have concluded the suspect in the slaying of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is mentally competent to bear criminal liability based on a months-long psychiatric evaluation and will indict him within days, investigative sources said. A formal charge of murder…[Continue Reading...]

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