Yamagami Tetsuya

Yamagami Tetsuya is known as the perpetrator of the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022. His actions sparked significant national and international discussions regarding security, political violence, and mental health issues in Japan. In January 2026, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Nara District Court, which emphasized that despite his troubled background, the decision to commit the crime was ultimately his own.