The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, who is charged with the 2022 murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nara, apologized for the crime committed by her second son as she appeared in court as a defense witness. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/japan/crime-legal/mother-abe-shooter-apology/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #nara #shinzoabe #shinzoabeassassination #tetsuyayamagami #guns #japanesecourts
Seven guns made by Tetsuya Yamagami, charged with the murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, were all lethal, a police witness said at Nara District Court on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/japan/crime-legal/abe-shooter-guns-lethal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #shinzoabe #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabeassassination #nara
Lawmaker Kei Sato, who was at the scene of the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, appeared at the trial of the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, as a witness Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-pm-abe-shooting-trial-witness-testimony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #keisato #shinzoabe #tetsuyayamagami #japanesecourts #nara
Tetsuya Yamagami — the man accused of the 2022 assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — has pleaded guilty to the crime. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/crime-legal/yamagami-first-trial-hearing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #shinzoabe #nara #tetsuyayamagami
More than three years after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the trial of the man accused of the crime is set to begin following a lengthy psychiatric evaluation and pretrial proceedings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/japan/crime-legal/yamagami-trial-preview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shinzoabe #tetsuyayamagami #unificationchurch #japanesecourts #nara
The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man indicted over the 2022 killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun in Nara, will testify in court as a defense witness. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/japan/crime-legal/abe-killer-mother-testify/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shinzoabe #japanesecourts #nara #guns
🏊♂️🧢🏉SPORTS DAY🥏🥎🧗♂️
Happy 'Health and Sports Day' (体育の日 'Taiiku-no-hi')!🥳
As you might expect, we'll be celebrating with lashings of tea and sweets, and as the holiday commemorates the 1964 Tōkyō Olympics there's a subtle Olympic theme to today's offerings🏅
A sumptuous lunch box filled with colourful seafood and vegetables.
Colourful macarons hinting at the Olympic rings.
One of my favourite tea bowls. Purchased for the Tokyo Olympics it depicts mice holding the Olympic rings. The pandemic delayed the Olympics, so in the end it didn't take place in the Year of the Rat.
A Japanese flag inspired sweet (the flag sits on a red bean paste with a thin layer of jelly covering the round confection).
Anecdotes shared by Sanae Takaichi's hometown friends and supporters render a softer side to the hard-line conservative, who cites Margaret Thatcher as her hero. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/politics/takaichi-supporters-hometown-nara/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #sanaetakaichi #nara #women039sissues #expats
In 1185 Taira-no-Shigehira (平重衡) was executed by Tōdai-ji and his head nailed to Hannya-ji's torii.
Five years earlier he had led an attack on the powerful temples of Nara. After one of his men accidentally started a fire, he simply stood at Hannya-ji and watched the city burn.
Nara's Great Buddha.
The 'Great Buddha soda', a soft drink topped with a big afro made from cotton candy.
Nara's Great Buddha.
The 'Great Buddha soda', a soft drink topped with a big afro made from cotton candy.
Fudo Myoo and the main hall of Hannya-ji.
Visitors to Hannya-ji place their bellies and back against the 'Kanman-ishi'. It is said the rock grants good health.
Visitors to Hannya-ji place their bellies and back against the 'Kanman-ishi'. It is said the rock grants good health.
A small statue of Fudo Myoo stands on top of 'Kanman-ishi', a large rock in the grounds of Hannya-ji.
Orange cosmos at Hannya-ji.
The main hall of Hannya-ji, beyond grounds filled with cosmos.
In the grounds of Hannya-ji during autumn there are various 'displays' of cosmos.
A heart of cosmos frames the stone pagoda at Hannya-ji.
Dan Gillmor
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It’s been three years since the shocking assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — and yet, the trial of the 44-year-old man accused of the crime still hasn’t begun. Here are where things stand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/crime-legal/japan-pm-abe-shooting-three-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shinzoabe#tetsuyayamagami #nara#unificationchurch #japanesecourts