{"id":56048,"date":"2026-01-21T02:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/man-gets-life-sentence-for-assassination-of-ex-japanese-premier-abe\/21\/01\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T02:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:30:13","slug":"man-gets-life-sentence-for-assassination-of-ex-japanese-premier-abe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/man-gets-life-sentence-for-assassination-of-ex-japanese-premier-abe\/21\/01\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Man gets life sentence for assassination of ex-Japanese premier Abe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced the man accused of assassinating former prime minister Shinzo Abe to life in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had admitted shooting Japan&#8217;s longest-serving post-war prime minister with a homemade firearm during an election campaign speech in July 2022. 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