Landslides damage 2020 Olympic road race cycling course in Kanagawa
The Sagamihara Municipal Government on Thursday said part of the Olympic cycling road race course has been hit by landslides along National Highway 413 in Kanagawa Prefecture. The landslides were triggered by the devastating rain caused by Typhoon Hagibis over the weekend, city officials said, ...
Over 50% of public library networks stock controversial book on 2016 Sagamihara massacre
A controversial book about the 2016 massacre at a care home in Kanagawa Prefecture for people with mental disabilities can be found at public libraries in 25 of the country's 47 prefectures, a Jiji Press survey has found. The book, criticized by some as containing ...
Alleged Sagamihara killer won't claim lack of criminal responsibility in forthcoming trial
Satoshi Uematsu, accused of the 2016 massacre at a care home for people with mental disabilities in Kanagawa Prefecture, has said he will not claim that he is too mentally incompetent to take responsibility for the attack in his upcoming trial. "I won't claim that ...
Survivors and bereaved mark second anniversary of Sagamihara massacre
A former care worker killed 19 residents of the facility and injured 26 others in 2016, shocking the nation.
Suspect in Sagamihara massacre planned second attack on same day
Satoshi Uematsu, awaiting trial for the 2016 massacre on a facility for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, has told Jiji Press that he planned to attack another such facility in the same prefecture on the same day. Since last month, Jiji Press has ...
One year after mass murder at care home for disabled, no hint of remorse from suspect
Still hoping the alleged perpetrator will show remorse, survivors and relatives of victims marked the first anniversary Wednesday of a deadly stabbing rampage at a care home for the mentally disabled southwest of Tokyo. Nineteen people died and dozens were injured in the attack at ...
Nearly a year ago, a disturbed man in Kanagawa Prefecture committed mass murder at a care facility for people with intellectual disabilities. Some regard the incident as an illustration of attitudes toward people with disabilities: part deep-rooted indifference, part discrimination and part aversion. And ...
Government to boost follow-up support for discharged psychiatric patients
A bill to improve support for mental health patients after their discharge from hospital was approved by the Cabinet Tuesday.
It's now up to the courts to unravel the motives behind the Sagamihara stabbing spree, and the government to come up with an improved system for dealing with potentially dangerous mental patients.
Uematsu indicted on multiple counts of murder in Sagamihara care home massacre
The suspect in the Sagamihara care home massacre is indicted on multiple counts of murder and attempted murder after being deemed capable of taking criminal responsibility for the attack.
Sagamihara mass-murder suspect says he was 'pursued by gangster'
The 27-year-old suspect in a deadly stabbing rampage last July at a facility for people with disabilities told police he sped up his plans for the attack after hearing he was being pursued by a gangster, investigative sources said Wednesday. Satoshi Uematsu reportedly told police ...
Accused killer of 19 at Sagamihara facility deemed fit to stand trial, sources say
The man behind a deadly stabbing rampage at a live-in facility for people with disabilities in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, in July 2016 is fit to stand trial, investigative sources have said. Satoshi Uematsu, 27, a former employee of the facility, Tsukui Yamayuri-en, had been undergoing ...
