police say tadashi takagi was a senior m member of a group affiliated with the kobe yamaguchi-gumi. he was 55 years old. he was found tieuesday in a parking lot in yokohamayokohama. he had gunshot wounds in his chest. investigators say the shooting may be related to a rift between the country's largest yakuza group the yamaguchi-gumi and the splinter group the kobe yamaguchi-gumi. in march the national police agency said the two groups were in a state of conflict. agency officials say there have been 75 related incidents s sin the group's split last august. and that guns were used in eight of them. >>> a tokyo judge ruled that a former japanese baseball star will not have to serve time for drug use but he says the player has to stay out of legal trouble for the next four years. the judge handed down a suspended sentence. he was arrested in february. he pleaded guilty to buying, possessing and using stimulants earlier this month. the judge ruled that if he violates the terms of the sentence he'll go to prison for two and a a lf ars. he called t the crimeme malicio and s said t the de