Women stabbed to death in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI — Police launched an investigation Saturday into the deaths of two women apparently stabbed to death at their home in Saikai, Nagasaki Prefecture.

Mitsuko Yamashita, 56, and her mother-in-law, Hisae Yamashita, 77, were found late Friday collapsed in the rear compartment of their minivan outside the house.

Police officers rushed to the scene after receiving an emergency call from Mitsuko Yamashita's 18-year-old son, who said windows in their home were broken and that someone had apparently rummaged through the rooms. Both women sustained several wounds to their upper bodies that appeared to have been inflicted by a knife, according to investigative sources.