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TOKYO, July 24 (Xinhua) -- A 37-year-old man was referred to prosecutors Monday on suspicion of attempted murder after three people were stabbed on a train in Japan's western prefecture of Osaka, ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Japan arrested a man accused of stabbing people with a knife on a train in western Osaka city. The suspect, 37, who was carrying three knives at the time of the attack on Sunday was arrested ... ( read original story ...)

Police will examine whether the suspect is mentally competent enough to be held criminally responsible for Sunday's attack ... ( read original story ...)

There is growing pessimism about the fate of the expo, with speculation that postponing the starting date might now be necessary in order to get everything completed. ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO--Police on July 24 arrested a woman and her father in connection with the discovery of a headless body in a hotel here three weeks ago. ( read original story ...)

Japan is desperate for foreign workers – but it cracks down on uninvited asylum-seekers who are desperate for work ( read original story ...)

Japanese police say they have arrested a woman and her father in connection with a case in which a headless body of a man was found in a hotel in Sapporo City in northern Japan. ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO. KAZINFORM - A Sapporo doctor and his daughter were arrested Monday on suspicion of beheading a man and carrying his head out of a hotel in the city earlier this month, local police said, ... ( read original story ...)

A giant beer garden that attracts an estimated 1 million visitors every summer has opened in Sapporo, in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. ( read original story ...)