00:00The man charged with assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo
00:04has pleaded guilty on day one of his trial.
00:07Yamagami Tetsuya shot Abe with a homemade gun during a political rally in 2022.
00:13Abe died in hospital that same day.
00:16Yamagami blamed Abe for backing the Unification Church,
00:19a religious group, Yamagami said, had left his mother financially ruined.
00:23Yamagami's lawyer is not contesting the charges, but is arguing for a lighter sentence.
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