KYUSHU A man suspected of killing two and injuring several at a sports club in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture on Friday was found dead Saturday in the neighboring town of Funakoshi. Police believes the man committed suicide.

KYUSHU Two people were killed and five were injured Friday at around 7:10 p.m. when an unidentified gunman started shooting randomly a sports club in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture.

KYUSHU The governor of Miyazaki Prefecture apologized on Tuesday for his earlier remarks calling for the reintroduction of a military draft system in Japan. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU Two young children who were apparently left alone in an apartment in Otsu, Nagasaki Prefecture died after a fire raged through their home on Saturday, police said. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU Two gangsters were killed on a street here Tuesday night as a gangland war intensified, police said. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU The man who fatally gunned down a yakuza member in an Omuta parking lot over the weekend drove a getaway vehicle with stolen plates aimed at making it harder to find him, police said. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU A 64-year-old gangster suspected of fatally shooting a male inpatient in a case of apparent mistaken identity at a hospital in Saga Prefecture on Nov. 8 was arrested Sunday in Fukuoka Prefecture for possessing handguns, police said. [KYODO]

KYUSHU The ancient Okudaira samurai clan is embroiled in a bitter court battle centering on the sale of a feudal castle in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture, with one family member opposed to the plan suing another supporting it for what she claims was an illegal adoption. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU A South Korean man already indicted for stealing a 200 million yen gold bar from a Gifu Prefecture museum in March has been charged with the 2006 theft of a pure gold fish from another display in Oita, police said. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU A former police investigator pleaded not guilty Thursday to cruelty charges for forcing a man, who was suspected of but later acquitted of buying votes, to trample on pieces of paper bearing his family members’ names during questioning. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU The arrested former head of the Tsuzuki Gakuen educational group has come under suspicion of sexually harassing victims in the group for more than a decade, it has been learned. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU A man who kicked a 5-year-old girl in the face at a train station in Fukuoka has been arrested, police said. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU A group of 22 atom bomb survivors who are entitled to only a limited amount of health care benefits because they were living outside what the government defined as A-bomb affected areas sued the government Thursday demanding more health benefits. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU Eleven dead rabbits of an endangered species designated as a special natural treasure were found Monday scattered at intervals along the shoulder of a woodland road in Amami-Oshima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, it was learned Wednesday. [YOMIURI]

KYUSHU A 76-year-old woman questioned on suspicion of stealing a cucmber from a local resident’s garden has told police that they were fresher than what were sold in stores. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU A senior Nagasaki City official was found hanged in the hills early Thursday amid suspicions that he had molested a female reporter in his capacity as chief of the city’s atomic-bomb countermeasures department in July in the course of her news gathering, the police said. [KYODO]

See also: Ex-chief of A-bomb affairs in Nagasaki molested female reporter [KYODO]

KYUSHU An 8-year-old boy’s claim that a man slashed him on his way home has proven to be a lie after it was revealed that he was cut by a leaf, police said. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU The father of a 16-year-old high school student in Kumamoto is seeking criminal charges against a teacher and two officials at the school after his son fell unconscious the day after being forced to run wind sprints as a part of karate practice despite having suffered a concussion shortly beforehand. [YOMIURI]

KYUSHU A recent survey showed that the amount of fathers who lack confidence in bringing up their kids are on the increase. Some 40% of fathers of middle and high school students responding to the survey said they do not interfere with what their children do with their life. (3)

KYUSHU Prosecutors are poised to award some 260,000 yen in compensation to a company executive who was subjected to a heavy-handed police interrogation in connection with a vote-buying case in which all the defendants were later acquitted. [MAINICHI]