Shooter of former PM Abe pleads guilty to murder at trial

A man indicted for killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 pleaded guilty on Tuesday, in his first court hearing since the murder that stunned the nation and put a spotlight on the controversial Unification Church and its dubious links to politicians.Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, said at the Nara District Court, "It is true. There is no doubt that I did it." He is accused of murdering Abe, the country's longest-serving postwar prime minister, with a handmade firearm during an election stump speech in western Japan.The focus of the high-profile trial under the lay judge…READ FULL ARTICLE