The trial of a man indicted for killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, allegedly due to a grudge against the Unification Church, will begin next week, three years after the shooting shed light on the church's links to politicians.Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, is expected to plead guilty to the murder of Abe, postwar Japan's longest-serving prime minister, with his defense team likely to call for leniency, saying his upbringing was marked by "religious abuse," according to sources close to the matter.The trial at the Nara District Court is scheduled to begin Tuesday and conclude on Dec. 18, with …READ FULL ARTICLE
