Updated On: 22 January, 2026 07:48 AM IST | Tokyo | Agencies
Japanese court has sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami to life imprisonment for assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. The case also exposed long-standing ties between Japan’s ruling party and a controversial South Korean church

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A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment on Wednesday.
The case has revealed decades of cozy ties between Japan’s governing party and a controversial South Korean church.