A psychiatric evaluation of Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect in the slaying of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, started on July 25 to assess his mental condition to decide whether to indict him. The ...

A steady stream of gifts, including cash, have been sent to Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The Osaka Detention House, where Yamagami, 42 ...

On July 8, 2022, in Nara, Japan, Shinzo Abe was shot twice with a homemade shotgun by Tetsuya Yamagami. Despite Abe’s towering status in Japanese politics — a former prime minister, and Japan’s ...

Abe, one of Japan’s most influential politicians ... The alleged assassin, Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, was arrested immediately after the shooting and has been held for questioning.

The attacker, Tetsuya Yamagami, told investigators he plotted the shooting because he believed rumors that Abe was connected to an organization that he resents, according to police. Japanese media ...

Abe began his speech at around 11: 30 a.m. Soon after, Yamagami Tetsuya, who was standing on a sidewalk behind the podium, started walking toward Abe. But at exactly that moment, another man was ...