Tetsuya Yamagami was jailed for life for using a homemade gun to assassinate former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. TOKYO: The gunman convicted of shooting dead former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 has appealed his life sentence , his lawyer told AFP on Wednesday (Feb 4). Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, was found guilty two weeks ago at the Nara District Court and jailed for life for using a homemade gun to assassinate Abe during an outdoor campaign event. "Today, I filed the