A 37-year-old man accused of attempted murder has admitted to stabbing three passengers in a random knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train in 2021, but his defense team argued his intent to kill was not firm in his first court hearing.
Three people were killed and one injured in a shooting and stabbing incident in rural Japan on Thursday, with the perpetrator having barricaded himself inside a building, media reported.
A junior high school student was stabbed in Tokyo's Ota Ward on the morning of May 10 and a man was arrested on suspicion of causing injury, police said.
An 18-year-old woman was found stabbed with a kitchen knife stuck in her chest in a platform waiting room at a station in the central Japan city of Nagoya on April 8, police said.
A teenager under arrest on suspicion of entering a junior high school in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo and stabbing a teacher had at least three knives in his possession during the incident, according to investigative sources