In a dramatic turn of events, Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has pleaded guilty on the opening day of his trial. The 45-year-old defendant, facing additional charges for violating arms control laws, admitted to the court in Tokyo that “everything is true,” as reported by local media. Yamagami’s admission comes two years after he used a homemade firearm to shoot Abe during a political campaign event in Nara, a city in western Japan. Abe, renowned for his hawkish foreign policy and the economic strategy dubbed “Abenomics,” succumbed to his injuries later that day. Yamagami reportedly targeted Abe due to his alleged ties to the Unification Church, which he claimed had financially devastated his mother through substantial donations. The assassination has since exposed the controversial connections between Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the church, leading to the resignation of several ministers. Earlier this year, a Tokyo court ordered the disbandment of the Unification Church, revoking its tax-exempt status and mandating the liquidation of its assets.