National May 7, 2021
Paralympic flame event at Sagamihara massacre site to be scrapped
Some relatives of the victims of the stabbings at Tsukui Yamayuri En, as well as support groups, voiced opposition to the plan.
National Jul 26, 2020
Mourners Sunday visited the scene of an attack on a care home for people with mental disabilities in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, four years ago, to honor the victims. An annual memorial ceremony sponsored by the prefectural government was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, ...
National / Crime & Legal Mar 31, 2020
Death penalty finalized for 2016 Sagamihara care home mass murderer
The death sentence for a man who admitted to the 2016 mass murder of 19 mentally impaired people at a care home near Tokyo was finalized Tuesday after he withdrew his appeal the previous day. Satoshi Uematsu, 30, a former caretaker at the Tsukui Yamayuri ...
National / Crime & Legal Mar 19, 2020
Sagamihara care home mass murderer won't appeal death penalty ruling
A man who was sentenced to death over the 2016 murder of 19 people with mental disabilities at a care home in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, said Wednesday he will not appeal the ruling. Satoshi Uematsu, a 30-year-old former employee at the Tsukui Yamayuri En care ...
National / Crime & Legal Feb 19, 2020
Man on trial for killing 19 at Sagamihara care home says he won't appeal
A man on trial for murdering 19 residents and injuring 26 other people in 2016, at a knife rampage at a care home for the mentally disabled, said Wednesday he would not launch an appeal regardless of the ruling. During the trial at the Yokohama ...
National / Crime & Legal Feb 17, 2020
Death penalty sought for man charged with killing 19 in Sagamihara rampage
Prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for a man charged with murdering 19 residents and injuring 26 others at a care home for people with mental disabilities near Tokyo in a knife rampage in 2016. During the trial at the Yokohama District Court in ...
National / Science & Health Feb 17, 2020
Two fresh cases of the new coronavirus known as COVID-19 were reported in the Kanto region on Monday. The first case of the virus emerged at Sagamihara Chuo Hospital in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, the hospital announced on its website. One staff member ...
National / Media | MEDIA MIX Feb 8, 2020
by Philip Brasor
The trial of Satoshi Uematsu, who is accused of killing 19 people with disabilities at a care facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, in 2016, began on Jan. 8 and is expected to end in March. Uematsu admits to the murders. His defense team is ...
National / Crime & Legal Feb 5, 2020
Man on trial over Sagamihara rampage says he felt murders 'would benefit society'
A man on trial over a fatal knife rampage in 2016 at a care home for people with mental disabilities told a court Wednesday that he committed the murders because he felt "it would be beneficial to society." Satoshi Uematsu, 30, who has admitted to ...
National / Crime & Legal Jan 24, 2020
Defying his defense, Sagamihara massacre suspect says he's fit for trial
Contradicting his defense team, Satoshi Uematsu told the Yokohama District Court he is mentally fit to take responsibility for the alleged murders of 19 in Kanagawa in 2016.
National Jan 23, 2020
Japanese postman failed to deliver — 24,000 times, police say
A 61-year-old postman failed to deliver thousands of postal items that he kept at his home instead, police said Thursday. About 24,000 undelivered items were found in the man's home in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, said the police, who sent his case to prosecutors. "It was too ...
National / Crime & Legal Jan 10, 2020
Sagamihara massacre suspect back in court after trying to bite off his finger
Two days after being removed for chomping his finger, accused mass murderer Satoshi Uematsu wore mittens on the second day of his trial at Yokohama District Court.