Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of murdering former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is transferred from the Nara Nishi police station for a psychiatric examination in Nara on July 25, 2022.

NARA, Japan—Prosecutors on Friday brought murder charges against Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect in the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8. Mr. Yamagami, now 42 ...

Prosecutors and defense lawyers are arguing over whether “religious influence” can be used in the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, who is accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Japanese prosecutors formally charged a Yamagami in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder, sending him to stand trial, a Japanese court said Friday.

Yamagami was also charged with violating a gun control law, according to the Nara District Court. Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, who hails from Nara – where the 67-year-old Abe was gunned down while making a speech – is currently facing an attempted murder charge.But local police are expected to ...

Now playing - Source: CNN. Video Ad Feedback. Watch: CNN investigates ... Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, has admitted to shooting Abe, Nara Nishi police said during a news conference on Friday.

Tetsuya Yamagami is a 41-year-old man from Nara City. He was an ex-military member and had worked at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for three years before leaving the job in 2005.

Key Background. Tetsuya fired two shots from behind Abe, who was campaigning for a local politician ahead of the July 10 Upper House election in Nara, Japan. Abe, the longest serving Japanese ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, is accused of killing Shinzo Abe, Japan’s former prime minister. By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Hisako Ueno Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect in the assassination of Japan’s ...

Police say Tetsuya Yamagami told them that he killed Abe, one of Japan’s most influential and divisive politicians, because of Abe’s apparent links to a religious group that he hated.

Police in Japan have launched a murder investigation into the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe – but little is known about the suspect who was arrested at the scene of ...