The man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 appealed on Wednesday a Japanese court ruling last month sentencing him to life in prison, his lawyers said.The defense team for Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had asked the Nara District Court for a fixed-term sentence, citing hardships in his upbringing, but the court granted the life term sought by prosecutors."We filed a notice of appeal to obtain a chance to correct the lower court ruling following discussions with the defendant," chief defense counsel Masaaki Furukawa said in a statement, without elaborating.The appeal was filed…READ FULL ARTICLE
