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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers inspect the area outside a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward, just southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2009, where a gunmen holed up after shooting and seriously injuring three men. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, was later found dead after apparently shooting himself.

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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers guard a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward, just southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2009. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, holed up in the building after shooting and seriously injuring three men, and was later found dead after apparently shooting himself.

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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers stand guard outside a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward on Nov. 6, 2009. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, holed up in the building after shooting and seriously injuring three men, and was later found dead after apparently shooting himself.

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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Rescue workers carry a stretcher into a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward, just southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2009, where a gunmen holed up after shooting and seriously injuring three men. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, was later found dead after apparently shooting himself.

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Japan wins in equestrian team jumping

PUSAN, South Korea - Japan wins in the equestrian team jumping in the Asian Games in Pusan on Oct. 12. (From L to R) Kenji Morimoto, Osamu Komiyama, Tadayoshi Hayashi and Eiji Okazaki. (Asian Games)

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Curry-poisoning trial attracts throngs

Thousands of people wait for a lottery for seats to observe the trial at the Wakayama District Court on the morning of May 13 of a woman accused of murdering four people with poisoned curry. Some 5,000 people vied for 45 public gallery seats for the first hearing of the trial of Masumi Hayashi, 37, and her husband Kenji Hayashi, 54.

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Wakayama poisoning case hearing draws crowds

People line up to draw lots for admission to a hearing at the Wakayama District Court, western Japan, on Oct. 13 at which Masumi Hayashi, 37, denied allegations she attempted to murder a 35-year-old acquaintance with arsenic in September last year and swindled insurance companies out of 1.6 million yen. Her husband Kenji, 53, denied insurance fraud and attempted insurance fraud charges.

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'Extras' issued on arrest of couple in Wakayama poisoning

Passers-by receive extra editions of newspapers reporting on the arrest of a couple in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, on a street in Tokyo's Yurakucho area on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 4. The couple -- Masumi Hayashi, 37, and her husband Kenji, 53 -- were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and insurance fraud.

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Trial begins in curry-poisoning case

File photos show Masumi Hayashi (L), 37, who is accused of murdering four people and leaving 63 ill last year after they ate curry laced with poison, and her husband Kenji Hayashi (R), 54, who is indicted on fraud charges. They appeared in the Wakayama District Court on May 13 in the first hearing in their trial.

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(CORRECTED) Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers stand guard outside a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward on Nov. 6, 2009. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, holed up in the building after shooting and seriously injuring three men, and was later found dead after apparently shooting himself. (Kyodo)

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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Rescue workers carry a stretcher into a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward, just southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2009, where a gunmen holed up after shooting and seriously injuring three men. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, was later found dead after apparently shooting himself. (Kyodo)

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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers guard a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward, just southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2009. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, holed up in the building after shooting and seriously injuring three men, and was later found dead after apparently shooting himself. (Kyodo)

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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers inspect the area outside a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward, just southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2009, where a gunmen holed up after shooting and seriously injuring three men. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, was later found dead after apparently shooting himself. (Kyodo)

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'Extras' issued on arrest of couple in Wakayama poisoning

Passers-by receive extra editions of newspapers reporting on the arrest of a couple in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, on a street in Tokyo's Yurakucho area on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 4. The couple -- Masumi Hayashi, 37, and her husband Kenji, 53 -- were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and insurance fraud.

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Hayashi gets jail term for swindling insurance firms

WAKAYAMA, Japan - File photo shows Kenji Hayashi, who was sentenced Oct. 20 to six years in prison for swindling insurance firms out of 160 million yen. Hayashi, the husband of a woman accused in the 1998 curry-poisoning murders in Wakayama Prefecture, was found guilty of fraud by falsely claiming insurance payments for accidents that he and his wife Masumi allegedly suffered.

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Curry-poisoning trial attracts throngs

Thousands of people wait for a lottery for seats to observe the trial at the Wakayama District Court on the morning of May 13 of a woman accused of murdering four people with poisoned curry. Some 5,000 people vied for 45 public gallery seats for the first hearing of the trial of Masumi Hayashi, 37, and her husband Kenji Hayashi, 54.

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Wakayama poisoning case hearing draws crowds

People line up to draw lots for admission to a hearing at the Wakayama District Court, western Japan, on Oct. 13 at which Masumi Hayashi, 37, denied allegations she attempted to murder a 35-year-old acquaintance with arsenic in September last year and swindled insurance companies out of 1.6 million yen. Her husband Kenji, 53, denied insurance fraud and attempted insurance fraud charges. ==Kyodo