Ex-Cabinet minister Inagaki dies at 80

Ex-Cabinet minister Inagaki dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in August 2000 shows Jitsuo Inagaki, a former Cabinet minister who headed the Hokkaido and Okinawa development agencies. Inagaki apparently died of an illness at his Tokyo home, police said March 9. He was 80.

Ex-Cabinet minister Inagaki dies at 80

Ex-Cabinet minister Inagaki dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in August 2000 shows Jitsuo Inagaki, a former Cabinet minister who headed the Hokkaido and Okinawa development agencies. Inagaki apparently died of an illness at his Tokyo home, police said March 9. He was 80. (Kyodo)

Ex-gangster, son sentenced to death for 2004 murders

Ex-gangster, son sentenced to death for 2004 murders

FUKUOKA, Japan - Jitsuo Kitamura (L), 63, a former gangster, and his son Takashi (R), 26, were sentenced to death by the Fukuoka District Court on Feb. 27 for killing three people for money in 2004 in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture. Takashi was also convicted of murdering a fourth person. The court last October sentenced Kitamura's wife Mami, 47, and second son Takahiro, 22, to death, ruling that all four family members conspired in the murders. (Kyodo)

Nagasaki LDP officials found guilty of illegal fund-raising

Nagasaki LDP officials found guilty of illegal fund-raising

NAGASAKI, Japan - Goro Asada (L), former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Nagasaki prefectural chapter, and Jitsuo Yasuda, former head of the chapter's secretariat, speak to reporters at the Nagasaki prefectural government office in Nagasaki on July 11 after being found guilty by the Nagasaki District Court of illegally demanding political donations for the gubernatorial election in 2002. (Kyodo)