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Tokyo, Jan 21 (IANS) A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced the man charged with the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 to life in prison, terming the shooting using a homemade gun with adequate lethal power “vile and extremely vicious,” local media reported. The Nara District Court sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami (45) to life in prison as prosecutors had demanded.Yamagami admitted to killing Abe using a homemade firearm while the former Japanese PM was delivering a s…