KANTO A Japanese fishing boat capsized after being hit by a wave in the Pacific Ocean east of Chiba Prefecture on Monday, leaving four crew members dead and 13 missing, Japan Coast Guard officials said. [MAINICHI]

KANSAI A man who suggested assassinating Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto in a message on an Internet bulletin board has been arrested, law enforcers in Osaka said. [MAINICHI]

KANSAI Police are poised to begin an investigation into former Nova Corp. President Nozomu Sahashi upon suspicion of embezzlement, sources said. [MAINICHI]

RYUKYU More than 5,000 people attended a ceremony in Itoman on Okinawa to mark the 63rd anniversary of the end of fighting on Okinawa during World War II, which left tens of thousands of civilians dead. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU A 57-year-old man died after being bitten on the throat by a Tosa dog he had kept at his home in Mizumaki, Fukuoka Prefecture, police said. [MAINICHI]

KYUSHU The Nagasaki District Court on Monday ordered the government to scrap its decision not to recognize 20 people as sufferers of atomic bomb-related diseases, accepting their claims in a lawsuit against the government. [MAINICHI]

NATIONAL As controversy grows over Japan’s whaling, the small coastal towns with a history of the hunt are sticking to their guns, fearing that their way of life is under threat. [AFP]

NATIONAL Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected in wide areas from southwestern to eastern Japan on the Pacific side until late Sunday as a seasonal rain front hangs over areas from mainland China and Kyushu to the Kanto region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. [KYODO]

KANSAI Two women sustained minor injuries when they were cut on the arm in separate incidents on a platform of JR Osaka Station on Sunday afternoon.

KANTO Former House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue died of lung fibrosis on Sunday at a hospital in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, his family said. He was 80. [KYODO]

KANTO Artist Taro Okamoto’s massive “Asu no Shinwa”, a mural depicting a nuclear explosion, will be displayed for free at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo on Sunday. [MAINICHI]

KANSAI Police and other authorities tightened security throughout the city on Friday, both on the ground and across waterways, as the Group of Eight finance ministers meeting got under way here. [YOMIURI]

NATIONAL Tokyo Tower will not be illuminated between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday. Nor will the Sapporo Clock Tower in the Hokkaido capital. Nor will Matsumoto Castle in Nagano Prefecture. But don’t worry; it’s not a solar storm or a rolling blackout–it’s part of the Candle Night movement. [YOMIURI]

NATIONAL The Ministry of Justice has informed an Osaka woman without family register records that it will create a new type of family register for her children, listing each child as the head person on the register, it has been learned. [MAINICHI]

TOHOKU Police arrested two members of Greenpeace Japan on Friday on suspicion of stealing a box of whale meat in connection with the conservationist group’s claim that crew members of a Japanese whaling ship had themselves stolen the meat. (1) [THE JAPAN TIMES]

TOHOKU People evacuated from their homes in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures following a major earthquake last week offered prayers at 8:43 a.m. Saturday, the exact time the deadly quake hit on June 14, in remembering the 12 victims of the disaster. [KYODO]

KANTO An author of children’s literature who slapped an actor in the face, causing him to fall over and suffer a fatal head injury, has been arrested, police said. [MAINICHI]

TOHOKU More than 70 percent of evacuees from the magnitude 7.2 earthquake in northeastern Japan did not take any substantial preparations for a powerful temblor, a Kyodo News survey showed Friday. [KYODO]

INTERNATIONAL Japan officially apologized to Taiwan on Friday and reiterated its willingness to offer compensation for a ship collision earlier this month that sparked a diplomatic row. [KYODO]

KANTO The Kawasaki Municipal Assembly enacted an ordinance Thursday allowing residents aged 18 or older, including foreigners who have lived in the city for three years or longer, to vote in referendums. [THE JAPAN TIMES]