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The proceedings of the accused slayer of erstwhile Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was to statesman connected Tuesday (October 28, 2025). Tetsuya Yamagami (45) goes to tribunal arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump visits Japan for talks with caller Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Mr. Takaichi, a blimpish protege of Abe, highlighted their adjacent ties successful talks connected Tuesday (October 28, 2025) with Mr. Trump, who called Abe a "great friend."
Yamagami allegedly changeable Abe successful 2022 with a homemade firearm during an predetermination code due to the fact that of a grudge against the arguable Unification Church, which helium believed had adjacent ties to Abe and different Japanese politicians. He has told officials that monolithic donations his parent made to the church, which was founded successful South Korea a twelvemonth aft the Korean War ended successful 1953, caused his family's fiscal collapse.
Abe, Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister since World War II, is regularly mentioned by some Mr. Trump and Mr. Takaichi. The proceedings successful the occidental metropolis of Nara is acceptable to decorativeness successful mid-December, Kyodo quality bureau reported.
The Unification Church, which has almighty governmental connections astir the world, has faced hundreds of lawsuits successful Japan from families who accidental that it manipulated members into draining their savings to marque donations. For decades, however, it mostly escaped authoritative scrutiny and maintained adjacent links with the governing Liberal Democratic Party.
