- Lawyers will appeal Tetsuya Yamagami’s life sentence for the assassination of former Prime Minister Abe.
- The appeal will likely focus on Yamagami’s troubled upbringing, specifically his family's financial struggles related to the Unification Church.
- The defense may also challenge whether a homemade gun constitutes a crime under Japanese law.

A: Hey Hana! Did you hear about the Abe Shinzo shooting case?

B: No, Kenji! What’s new? I’ve been busy with work.

A: Well, the guy, Yamagami, who shot him… he’s going to appeal the life sentence!

B: Really? He got a life sentence already? That’s serious.

A: Yeah, it was back in January. His lawyers are planning to appeal, they have to by Wednesday.

B: Wow, so fast! What’s he appealing *about*?

A: Apparently, it’s about his background. Things were tough for his family.

B: Tough how?

A: His mom donated a *lot* of money to that Unification Church group. It caused lots of financial problems for them.

B: Oh, I remember that was in the news a while ago. So they’re saying that influenced what happened?

A: Exactly! The defense wants the court to look at that more closely. They also want to talk about the homemade gun he used.

B: A homemade gun? Japan has really strict gun laws, right?

A: Exactly. They’ll probably argue about whether using a homemade gun is actually a crime under those laws.

B: Hmm, interesting. So it's a long process then?

A: Looks like it! We'll see what happens.