📌 Trial of Shinzo Abe’s assassin: The fallout Japan still faces Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, is finally going to trial. But this case is about more than guilt or innocence. It’s about personal trauma, political influence and how one act of violence exposed hidden ties between the Unification Church and Japan’s ruling party. In this episode of Japan Today Spotlight, we look at what Abe’s murder set in motion — and whether the trial