Colleague from baby care facility arrested after woman stabbed to death in Tokyo apartment
A 31-year-old worker at a special care facility for babies has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a colleague to death in her apartment in Tokyo last week, police have said. Yusuke Matsuoka, 31, was identified as the man seen in security camera footage leaving the ...
Woman stabbed to death in Tokyo apartment; police seek male suspect seen near site
A woman died after being stabbed in the back with a knife in a Tokyo apartment on Tuesday according to police, who are searching for a man who was seen leaving the site. Tsugumi Terui, a 32-year-old day care worker, was found lying on the ...
A woman's body was found under the kitchen floor of a house in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday and police are treating the case as a homicide. Investigators believe the body is that of Mieko Ueda, 62, who is listed as owner of the house. ...
Before shinkansen self-immolation, suicidal man phoned Suginami Ward to relate money woes
The 71-year-old Tokyo man who burned himself to death last week on an Osaka-bound shinkansen train called the Suginami Ward office minutes beforehand to say he was having a hard time making ends meet, Kanagawa Prefectural Police have revealed. According to the police, Haruo Hayashizaki ...
Assemblyman's rebuke of moms seeking day care draws outrage
Mothers should remember that the responsibility of raising children lies first with each household before making "shameless" demands for more nursery schools, a Suginami Ward Assembly member wrote Feb. 21 in his blog, drawing hundreds of angry comments. Yutaro Tanaka, a member of the local ...
