Japan, Shinzo Abe murder suspect appeals

Tokyo, Feb. 4 (LaPresse) – The lawyers of Tetsuya Yamagami, the 45-year-old sentenced to life imprisonment in Japan for the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, have filed an appeal. This was reported by Tokyo media. Yamagami was accused of killing Abe with a homemade gun in July 2022 while the former prime minister was giving an election speech in the city of Nara, in western Japan. The head of the defense team, Furukawa Masaaki, said the appeal was filed to correct what they consider “an unjust sentence” after discussing it with the defendant.