Jul 26, 2021
Kobe – While most of Japan is fixated on various stories associated with the Olympics, I’d like to take a moment to acknowledge that July 26 marks the five-year anniversary of what is now often referred to as the “Sagamihara stabbings.”
In the early hours of July 26, 2016, a former employee of the Tsukui Yamayuri-en care home in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, broke in and killed 19 residents between the ages of 19 and 70 with a knife, injuring 26 others. Later sentenced to death, the killer believed he didn’t deserve such a harsh sentence and that people with disabilities that are unable to communicate can only “create unhappiness in society.”
Victims of mass murder at Japan care home remembered on fifth anniversary
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Kanagawa Pref. confirms first 2 coronavirus variant deaths in Japan The Mainichi © The Mainichi The Kanagawa Prefectural Government building in Yokohama s Chuo Ward is seen in this Feb. 18, 2019 file photo. (Mainichi/Akihiko Yamamoto)
YOKOHAMA Two men in Kanagawa Prefecture who died of COVID-19 were confirmed to have been infected with variant strains of the coronavirus, the prefecture announced on March 16.
According to the Kanagawa Prefectural Government, the two cases are the first coronavirus variant deaths in Japan.
The men, one in his 50s and the other in his 70s, reportedly died of pneumonia, and it was confirmed only after their deaths that they had been infected with coronavirus variants. The prefectural government has sent samples to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases to investigate which countries the variants contracted by the men came from.
An art progression from Buddhist carving to Urushi ware, Kamakura-bori Feb. 20 06:29 am JST Feb. 20 | 06:29 am JST KANAGAWA
Kanagawa Prefecture is located south of Tokyo with attractive cities such as Yokohama, Kamakura and Hakone nearby. The prefecture is a delightful mixture of urban areas, rich culture and beautiful nature.
Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, is the second largest city in Japan after Tokyo, and one of Japan s leading port cities. It rapidly developed from the mid-19th century after 200 years of national isolation ended. The eclectic atmosphere and mixture of historical and modern Western architecture is still one of the major attractions.