The man who was charged with assassinating former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has apologised in court for the first time to the Abe family, saying he had “no ill will whatsoever”.
Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, was arrested at the scene of the shooting in July 2022 after he fired at Abe with a homemade gun while the longest serving premier was giving a speech during an election campaign in the western city of Nara.
