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Life sentence for man who killed Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe

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The man who killed Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been sentenced to life in prison, three and a half years after he shot him dead at a rally in the city of Nara in 2022.

Period20 Jan 2026

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  • TitleLife sentence for man who killed Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletBBC News
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date20/01/2026
    DescriptionThe man who killed Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been sentenced to life in prison, three and a half years after he shot him dead at a rally in the city of Nara in 2022.
    Producer/AuthorHideharu Tamura and Kelly Ng
    URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86v5lj39zpo
    PersonsRin Ushiyama
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Keywords

  • political assassination
  • Japan
  • Japanese politics
  • religion
  • Unification Church
  • new religious movements