It¡¯s been three years since the shocking assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ¡ª and yet, the trial of the 44-year-old man accused of the crime still hasn¡¯t begun.
Tetsuya Yamagami is charged with fatally shooting Abe in broad daylight in Nara while he was giving a stump speech for an Upper House election candidate on July 8, 2022.
He believed that the former prime minister had strong ties with the Unification Church ¡ª a controversial religious group ¡ª that allegedly caused financial ruin for him and his family.
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