13 January 2023 at 07:13 Man indicted for the murder of Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe Prosecutors in Japan have indicted a man for the assassination of Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the Reuters news agency reports, citing local media. Former marine Tetsuya Yamagami (41) was arrested immediately after the murder and has admitted to having shot and killed Abe with a homemade weapon. Shinzo Abe was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. He ruled the country first for one year from 2006 to 2007, then from 2012 to 2020. On July 8, 2022, he was shot dead at an election rally in Nara outside Osaka. Abe left the ministerial post two years ago due to health problems. He was also the leader of the ruling party LDP. He was a conservative politician who fought to build a more active military and overturn Japan’s pacifist constitution.
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