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US MASS SHOOTINGS

Police vehicles are parked outside the Perry Middle School and High School complex following a school shooting, in Perry, Iowa, on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 5, 2024
Sixth-grade student killed in Iowa school shooting, suspect dead
Police also discovered an improvised explosive device when searching the high school.
Lewiston Chief of Police David St. Pierre speaks as Maine Gov. Janet Mills looks on during a news conference after mass shooting suspect Robert Card was found dead on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2023
Suspect in Maine mass shooting Is dead, official says
The discovery of the suspect's body ends a sweeping search that had forced thousands of residents throughout the U.S. state to remain in their homes.
The armed suspect in a shooting in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday. At least 22 people have been reported killed and dozens injured in the city, U.S. media has reported, citing police.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 26, 2023
At least 22 killed and dozens wounded in Maine shootings
If the death toll of 22 is confirmed, the massacre would be the deadliest in the United States since at least August 2019.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 2, 2023
Baltimore police say two dead, 28 injured after mass shooting at housing block
Hundreds of people were gathered in the area for an event called 'Brooklyn Day,' a witness told a local Baltimore TV station, adding that they had heard 20 to 30 shots fired.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 20, 2023
SDF recruit likely to undergo mental evaluation after fatal shooting
The authorities will aim to assess the male recruit's mental state at the time of the attack on three men during a live-fire training exercise at an indoor firing range.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2023
Japan GSDF police raid family home of cadet over rifle attack
The cadet loaded his rifle without permission soon after the start of a live-fire drill, then shot several people, killing two.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
May 31, 2023
How are firearms regulated in Japan?
The country is known for its strict gun-control laws, but recent shootings have prompted some to wonder how stringent they actually are.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2023
Suspect in deadly Nagano shooting referred to prosecutors
Masanori Aoki, 31, had been arrested on suspicion of the murder of one police officer and is likely to face charges for the murders of three others.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 25, 2023
Tech claiming to protect U.S. schools from mass shootings prompts growing unease
School administrators are increasingly targeted with sales pitches for everything from drones to AI-powered surveillance cameras and weapons detectors.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 25, 2023
Gun violence affects vulnerable children more even with strict laws, U.S. study says
While firearm death rates were higher overall among young people living in states with loose gun laws, gun-related deaths were concentrated in socially vulnerable communities across the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 8, 2023
Texas mass shooting’s bloody images add to fervor in gun debate
Another mass shooting, but this time something is different: Exceedingly graphic images of bloodied and disfigured victims circulated widely on social media.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 7, 2023
Nine dead after shooting rampage at Texas mall
A man went on a rampage at a Texas outlet mall on Saturday, shooting dead eight people and wounding several others before he was killed by a police officer at the busy shopping complex.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 30, 2023
Five people shot dead in Texas home after noise complaint
Police were still looking for the suspect, who used an AR-15-style rifle in the shooting inside the neighbors' home late Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2023
‘Wrong address’ shootings reflect America’s rising paranoia
Gun makers, politicians and media have fed a culture of fear that sees threats lurking around every corner
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2023
Four dead and 28 injured in Alabama teen birthday party shooting
There have been 163 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 15, 2023
Pence booed at NRA gathering even as he seeks to move right of Trump on guns
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, used the same forum on Friday to declare he would be a 'fearless champion' of Americans' right to bear arms.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2023
1 in 5 Americans have lost a family member killed with guns, survey says
Gun-related violence — including mass shootings, suicides and accidents — has become so common that 84% of U.S. adults say they have taken precautions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2023
U.S. parents struggle with 'delicate balance' in discussing school shootings with children
Latest school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, leaves countless American parents needing to both comfort and educate their children, all the while reeling from their own anguish and fear.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 15, 2023
Biden issues executive order to strengthen background checks for guns
The visit is Biden’s latest attempt to express his horror over the continued loss of life and to demonstrate his administration’s effort to reduce the chance of another mass shooting.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 5, 2023
A massacre that rippled through generations in Thailand
A former police officer in rural Thailand shot and stabbed more than two dozen children in their preschool in October, the worst mass shooting by a lone attacker in Thailand’s history.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday

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