As the longest serving Prime Minister in Japan’s history, Shinzo Abe deserved a relaxing retirement. Instead, he was out on the campaign trail for a colleague when an assassin’s bullet struck. But this wasn’t politically motivated. It was actually connected to a global cult-like religion. And a young man whose mother was in too deep.
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00:00 Assassinated by a home-made weapon
02:41 Hello my friend!
03:42 Tetsuya Yamagami’s traumatic childhood
04:35 Tetsuya’s mother joins the Unification Church
06:24 Tetsuya’s troubles worsen
09:24 Who are The Moonies?
12:14 The assassination
15:00 Tetsuya’s revenge
Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: John Jacobs
Video Producer: Tejas Bhat
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn
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