Three years after Abe’s shooting, where do things stand?

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It’s been three years since the shocking assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — and yet, the trial of the 44-year-old man accused of the crime still hasn’t begun.

Tetsuya Yamagami is charged with fatally shooting Abe in broad daylight in Nara while he was giving a stump speech for an Upper House election candidate on July 8, 2022.

He believed that the former prime minister had strong ties with the Unification Church — a controversial religious group — that allegedly caused financial ruin for him and his family.

The shooting led to several developments: the Unification Church is now on the brink of having its special tax-exempt status revoked; stricter legislation to compensate victims of coercive donation tactics by religious groups is in place; and the police have beefed up measures to prevent lone-wolf attacks.

But one thing proceeding at a snail’s pace is the criminal procedure against Yamagami, due to the sensitivity, complexity and social impact of the case.

Content retrieved from: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/crime-legal/japan-pm-abe-shooting-three-years/.

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