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Shooting of Ex-Prime Minister Abe: What Lessons for Society Should be Drawn from Trial?
Editorial
15:41 JST, October 30, 2025
The shooting of a former prime minister during an election campaign speech left a deep wound on society. What lessons can be drawn from the trial for this crime? It is hoped that the chain of events and the background leading to the crime will be thoroughly clarified.
The lay judge trial of defendant Tetsuya Yamagami, who has been charged with murder and other crimes in the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has begun at the Nara District Court. The defendant allegedly shot and killed Abe with a homemade firearm in July 2022 while Abe was giving a campaign speech for a candidate for the House of Councillors election in Nara City.
At the first hearing, the defendant admitted to the charges, saying: “It is all true. There is no doubt that I did it.”
The defendant has a responsibility to sincerely........
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