{"id":53370,"date":"2025-10-28T10:49:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/man-accused-of-assassinating-japans-ex-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-pleads-guilty-everything-is-true\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:49:29","slug":"man-accused-of-assassinating-japans-ex-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-pleads-guilty-everything-is-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/man-accused-of-assassinating-japans-ex-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-pleads-guilty-everything-is-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of assassinating Japan&#8217;s ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe pleads guilty: &#8220;Everything is true&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The gunman accused of killing Japan&#8217;s former prime minister <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/shinzo-abe-death-shooting-former-japanese-prime-minister\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Shinzo Abe<\/a><\/span> pleaded guilty Tuesday, three years after the assassination in broad daylight shocked the world.<\/p>\n<p>The slaying forced a reckoning in a country with little experience of gun violence, and ignited scrutiny of alleged ties between prominent conservative lawmakers and a secretive sect, the Unification Church.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything is true,&#8221; <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/shinzo-abe-assassination-suspect-charged-murder-more-than-six-months-later\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Tetsuya Yamagami<\/a><\/span> said at a court in the western city of Nara, admitting to the murder of the country&#8217;s longest-serving leader in July 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no doubt that I have done all this,&#8221; Yamagami added, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2025\/10\/28\/japan\/crime-legal\/yamagami-first-trial-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japan Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old was led handcuffed into the room with a rope around his waist.<\/p>\n<p>When the judge asked him to state his name, Yamagami, who was wearing a black T-shirt and had his long hair tied back, replied in a barely audible voice.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyer said they would contest certain charges, including violations of arms control laws for allegedly using a handmade weapon.<\/p>\n<p>More than 700 people lined up to be one of the 32 allowed in a lottery to sit in the courtroom&#8217;s public gallery for the trial, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2025\/10\/28\/japan\/crime-legal\/yamagami-first-trial-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japan Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yamagami pleaded guilty on the same day that two of Abe&#8217;s former allies, incumbent Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and visiting U.S. President Donald Trump, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-asia-tour-tokyo-japanese-prime-minister-meeting-sanae-takaichi\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">met in Tokyo<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Yamagami&#8217;s trial had been a long time coming after the discovery of a suspicious item &#8212; later found to be harmless &#8212; caused its last-minute cancellation and the evacuation of the Nara court building in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>One issue central to the case was whether extenuating circumstances applied due to &#8220;religious abuse&#8221; in Yamagami&#8217;s childhood stemming from his mother&#8217;s extreme devotion to the Unification Church, according to Japanese media reports.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with TBS News, cited by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2025\/10\/28\/japan\/crime-legal\/yamagami-first-trial-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japan Times<\/a>, she said her faith grew even stronger after the her son assassinated Abe.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors told the court that Yamagami started building up resentment toward the church, which he thinks derailed his life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He began to think he needed a gun&#8221; to attack church executives, but having failed to procure one &#8220;he decided that he had to make one himself,&#8221; a prosecutor said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/07\/08\/64d15891-f6ed-4f59-b0c1-e2cf5a43fb68\/thumbnail\/620x517\/7f233f8bd7a3ba85f56425d22d6aa8d5\/download.jpg#\" alt=\"ADDITION APTOPIX Japan Abe Shot \" height=\"517\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/07\/08\/64d15891-f6ed-4f59-b0c1-e2cf5a43fb68\/thumbnail\/620x517\/7f233f8bd7a3ba85f56425d22d6aa8d5\/download.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/07\/08\/64d15891-f6ed-4f59-b0c1-e2cf5a43fb68\/thumbnail\/1240x1034\/149036045fe0977546e5113abb2fcb80\/download.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, Friday, July 8, 2022. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Katsuhiko Hirano \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yamagami &#8220;thought he could draw public attention to the church&#8230; if he killed someone as influential as Abe,&#8221; the prosecutor said.<\/p>\n<p>Some Japanese expressed sympathy for Yamagami, especially those who also\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/shinzo-abe-funeral-former-prime-minister-moonies-why-there-are-protests\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">suffered as children of followers of the Unification Church<\/a><\/span>, which is known for pressuring adherents into making big donations and is considered a cult in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The former prime minister had spoken at events organized by some of the church groups and received some criticism for doing so.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Life was ruined by the church&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Yamagami reportedly resented Abe for his perceived ties to the Church, which was established in South Korea in 1954 and whose members are nicknamed &#8220;Moonies&#8221; after its founder Sun Myung Moon.<\/p>\n<p>The Church has been accused of fomenting child neglect among its members and financially exploiting them, claims it denies.<\/p>\n<p>Yamagami&#8217;s lawyers on Tuesday said his life collapsed because of the sect, with his mother convinced &#8220;throwing all her money and assets into the Church will salvage her family&#8221; after the suicide of her husband and the illness of one of her sons.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, she donated around 100 million yen ($1 million at the time) to the sect, the lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>Yamagami gave up on advancing to higher education and joined the military instead, while his mother declared bankruptcy, according to the lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>He also attempted suicide in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He began to think his whole life was ruined by the church,&#8221; the lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations after Abe&#8217;s murder led to cascading revelations about close ties between the Church and many conservative lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, prompting four ministers to resign.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Tokyo District Court issued a dissolution order for the Church&#8217;s Japanese arm, saying it caused &#8220;unprecedented damage&#8221; to society.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/28\/a294d2cf-2aa1-476c-8f20-cf1140dc7aef\/thumbnail\/620x432\/4b418c388313df036c25f999c22d7614\/ap25301143933122.jpg#\" alt=\"Japan Abe Trial \" height=\"432\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" 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strictest gun controls.<\/p>\n<p>Gun violence is so rare in Japan that security officials at the scene failed to immediately identify the sound made by the first shot, and came to Abe&#8217;s rescue too late, a police report after the attack said.<\/p>\n<p>The debacle prompted lawmakers to pass a bill in 2024 further strengthening arms controls to prevent people from making homemade guns.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new rules, uploading tutorial videos on making firearms and propagating information about gun sales on social media can result in a fine or imprisonment of up to one year.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script 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