Shot in Broad Daylight: The Assassination of Shinzo Abe
On July 8, 2022, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — the country’s longest-serving leader — was gunned down in Nara while delivering a campaign speech. The weapon? A homemade shotgun. The shooter? A man with a devastating personal grudge against a powerful religious organization and its political ties.
In this gripping episode of A True Crime Podcast, host Alexander Lawson unpacks the shocking assassination that stunned a nation known for its strict gun control. From Abe’s influential political legacy and the shooter Tetsuya Yamagami’s traumatic family history, to the explosive…
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