Suspect in knife attack that left Osaka police officer in coma sent to prosecutors
The police said Yujiro Iimori, 33, who is charged with attempted murder and robbery, attacked Suzunosuke Kose, 26, with a knife at a police box Sunday.
Stabbing of Osaka police officer prompts stepped-up security ahead of G20 summit
Yujiro Iimori, 33, is alleged to have stabbed the officer with a knife at a police box in the city of Suita, Osaka Prefecture, before fleeing with his pistol.
A year after stabbing, Japan's shinkansen wrestle with balance between safety and convenience
A year after a knife attack on a bullet train left one passenger dead and two wounded, authorities and railways are trying to take steps — especially visible ones — to prevent similar crimes. Experts are calling to start baggage inspections at train stations, though ...
Man flees with service pistol after police officer is stabbed in Osaka Prefecture
A police officer is found with a knife embedded in his chest — and his service pistol missing — after being stabbed multiple times at a police box in the northern Osaka Prefecture city of Suita.
Support groups deluged by inquiries after Kawasaki and Tokyo murders involving social recluses
Following recent stabbing incidents involving middle-aged hikikomori, or social recluses, and their parents, the number of inquiries received by support groups and similar organizations that support such individuals has surged. A stabbing rampage in Kawasaki by a recluse and the murder of a reclusive man ...
Woman arrested over slaying of elderly parents at Fukuoka apartment
A 59-year-old woman was arrested in Fukuoka on Thursday for allegedly stabbing her father and mother to death at their home, local police said. The three lived in the same residence. The woman is suspected of stabbing her parents, Masaru Oda, 89, and Roko Oda, 82, ...
Mourners continue to offer prayers and flowers one week after Kawasaki mass stabbing
A week after a mass stabbing in Kawasaki, mourners continued to offer prayers and flowers on Tuesday at the scene where a schoolgirl and 39-year-old father were killed. In the attack on the morning of May 28, Hanako Kuribayashi, an 11-year-old Caritas Elementary School student, ...
Former top farm official says Kawasaki knife attack prompted him to kill his son
Hideaki Kumazawa reportedly tells police he believed his son could “harm others” after he found out about last week’s stabbing rampage.
Kawasaki knife attack suspect may have checked site four days before
Images of the man were captured May 24 by security cameras around the crime scene, as well as at nearby train stations.
The motive of the assailant who carried out a knife attack on Tuesday in Kawasaki that left two dead and a dozen others injured remains unclear even after police searched his home, investigative sources said Friday. Ryuichi Iwasaki, 51, who took his own life at ...
After Kawasaki attack, support groups worry recluses might all be painted with the same brush
Ryuichi Iwasaki, the 51-year-old suspect in a stabbing spree in Kawasaki on Tuesday that left two dead and 17 injured, is believed to have lived like a recluse, resulting in very limited interactions with other people and the outside world. Many people have raised concerns ...
Relatives feared Kawasaki stabbing suspect was becoming a social recluse
The prefectural police department believes that Ryuichi Iwasaki had scarce contact with others, and that he didn’t own a personal computer nor a mobile phone.
