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National / Crime & Legal Nov 2, 2018
Man arrested in Hamamatsu over fatal stabbing of Filipino ex-girlfriend
A man was arrested Friday on the suspicion that he had fatally stabbed his Filipino ex-girlfriend the previous night at a restaurant in Shizuoka Prefecture, local police said. Yasumasa Yamaguchi, 45, allegedly stabbed Rowena Casimiro Haga, 48, at around 11:20 p.m. Thursday at a restaurant ...
National / Crime & Legal Oct 19, 2018
Police said Friday they have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with the stabbing of his grandparents in the city of Wako, Saitama Prefecture. The third-year junior high school student, who lived at the same apartment building as his elderly relatives, is suspected of attempted ...
National / Crime & Legal Oct 17, 2018
German national convicted in attempted murder of Japanese man in Nagasaki
The Nagasaki District Court sentenced a German man to six years in prison Wednesday for an attempted murder committed when he was traveling in the southwestern city last year. Tobias Gross, 25, stabbed a Japanese man in his 50s multiple times in the neck on ...
World Sep 11, 2018
Stabbed Brazilian presidential candidate needs another 'big' operation
Brazil presidential election front-runner Jair Bolsonaro remains in intensive care and needs another "big operation" following his stabbing ordeal, hospital authorities in Sao Paulo said on Monday. The Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital said in a statement that the right-wing candidate was still in "serious" condition ...
National Sep 5, 2018
JR East to equip bullet train staff with security equipment to defend against attacks
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will by the end of the year equip its bullet trains with shields and tear gas spray to be used by train crew in response to a deadly knife attack on a crowded shinkansen in June, the railway ...
National Jul 3, 2018
Classes resumed at an elementary school in the city of Toyama on Tuesday amid tight security, a week after a man killed a security guard who worked at the school and a police officer, with a knife and a gun, as well as firing ...
National / Crime & Legal Jul 2, 2018
Toyama elementary school extends closure after attack threat
An elementary school in the city of Toyama near the site of a shooting and stabbing incident last week said Monday it will remain closed after a threat was made to attack it. An email warning that an attack would take place Wednesday against Okuda ...
National Jun 11, 2018
Shinkansen stabbing raises alarm over security ahead of Rugby World Cup and Tokyo Olympics
by Magdalena Osumi
The knife attack on a bullet train late Saturday night that left one dead and two injured has prompted experts to urge stronger safety measures for rail travel as Tokyo prepares to host major sports in the next two years. "I believe we're at the ...
National / Crime & Legal Jun 11, 2018
Alleged shinkansen stabber handed to prosecutors after deadly attack
Suspect in Saturday’s deadly rampage on a Tokaido Shinkansen Line train handed to the Yokohama District Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday on suspicion of murder.
National / Crime & Legal May 30, 2018
NHK stabbing suspect blasted Japanese media for 'irresponsible reporting'
A South Korean arrested for the attempted murder of a man at NHK’s headquarters says the stabbing was a message to the Japanese media for irresponsible reporting.
National / Crime & Legal May 29, 2018
Man shot dead by police after knife attack in southwestern Japan
A man wielding a knife was shot by police and pronounced dead in a hospital Monday after he attacked a man and a police officer in the city of Kumamoto, the police said. Two officers responded to an emergency call from a 65-year-old man, who ...