Ex-Japan PM Assassin Tetsuya Yamagami Sentenced to Life in Prison
A Japanese court has sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami, the man who assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to life imprisonment without parole. Yamagami, 45, pleaded guilty to murder when his trial opened last year, but his sentencing drew intense national attention, reflecting deep divisions over how Japan should judge the man behind the 2022 killing. While…