Overview
- Tetsuya Yamagami filed an appeal on Feb. 4 challenging the January ruling, according to local reports.
- The Nara District Court on Jan. 21 sentenced the 45-year-old to life in prison, matching prosecutors’ request.
- Judges found him guilty of murder, production of firearms, and other offenses.
- Defense counsel had urged leniency based on a difficult family background, but the court rejected that argument.
- Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech in Nara Prefecture in 2022, and Yamagami was arrested at the scene.