NAGANO A former nursing home employee accused of multiple crimes was arrested again on Oct. 11 on suspicion of murdering one of the residents under his care.
NAKANO, Nagano Prefecture The man suspected of going on a shooting and stabbing spree here said he was never personally acquainted with the two women who were killed in the rampage, police said.
Ski resorts across Japan are struggling to put an end to accidents involving backcountry skiers now that tourists have returned since Japan relaxed its strict COVID-19 entry restrictions.
OTAKI, Nagano Prefecture Bereaved families of dozens of hikers who died or went missing in the nation’s worst volcanic eruption disaster in the postwar era gathered here to remember the victims on Sept. 27, the eighth anniversary of the tragedy.