A knife-wielding man killed one person and attempted to stab several others in a central Sydney rampage on Tuesday before being chased and pinned down by members of the public, witnesses said. Police said a 21-year-old Sydney man with a history of mental illness is ...
Two men injured in separate stabbings in Yokohama; one suspect arrested
An unemployed man is arrested after two men — a parcel deliveryman and a public servant — are stabbed on the street in Yokohama.
A Shikoku man stabbed three nurses and a policeman Friday at a hospital in Ehime Prefecture before being subdued, local police said, adding that the victims were being treated and remained conscious. The nurses were stabbed in the chest and abdomen and the officer in ...
Police hunt for suspect after boy, 17, stabbed at Saitama home
A 17-year-old male high school student was stabbed early Tuesday at his home in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, by a suspected intruder, police said. The boy sustained wounds to his neck and other parts of his body, but the injuries were not life-threatening, according to authorities. ...
Osaka police stabbing suspect to undergo psychiatric testing
A court on Tuesday granted a request from prosecutors to hold a man, suspected of stabbing a police officer in Osaka Prefecture, in custody through October for psychiatric testing. The prosecutors will determine whether 33-year-old Yujiro Iimori was mentally sound at the time of last ...
Two men have died after a man attacked them with a knife in Nagoya on Monday night, police said. Early on Tuesday police arrested Toshihiko Sato, 38, who had fled the scene, on suspicion of murder after detaining and questioning him, they said. The victims were ...
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, ...
