Nara, Jan. 22 -- The gunman charged with killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was found guilty Wednesday and jailed for life, as the judge declared the broad-daylight assassination "despicable and extremely malicious".The shooting more than 3 years ago forced a reckoning in a country with little experience of gun violence, and ignited scrutiny of alleged ties between prominent conservative lawmakers and a secretive sect, the Unification Church. As he handed down the sentence, judge Shinichi Tanaka said Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had been "determined" to shoot Abe.P10...