By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Fred Mery NARA, Japan, Jan 21 (Reuters) - A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced a 45-year-old man ...

A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment.

The gunman who shot dead Shinzo Abe, the former Japanese prime minister, has been sentenced to life in prison.

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had admitted to shooting Mr. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister; but his case divided Japan.

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Abe’s assassination also ignited scrutiny of alleged ties between prominent conservative lawmakers and the Unification Church ...