Tag: Nagoya

The head of the Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters says it is extremely regrettable that a gun was taken from the police officer who was stabbed on Sunday morning. The gun was loaded with five ... ( read original story ...)

SUITA, Osaka Prefecture--A police officer here was seriously injured on June 16 after he was stabbed by a man who fled the scene with his service revolver, in a possible ambush as police were ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA - A police officer was stabbed and his pistol was stolen in the northern Osaka Prefecture city of Suita, authorities said Sunday, with the male suspect who fled the scene yet to be apprehended. ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sea Forest Waterway, which will play host to rowing events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, opened on Sunday with the sport's world governing body praising organizers for delivering ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will use eight news facilities, the most famous of which will be the new $1.25 billion national stadium, and the new venue for swimming, with both still under ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese police officer was stabbed several times in the chest with a kitchen knife and his loaded handgun stolen while on patrol on Sunday morning in the western city of Suita, in ... ( read original story ...)

A police officer in Osaka Prefecture was found stabbed in front of a police box in the city of Suita early Sunday morning. Police say the officer's gun, loaded with several bullets, was stolen. ... ( read original story ...)

BIARRITZ, France -- The Canadian rugby sevens women's team has qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Canada won its first two matches at the season-ending Rugby Sevens Series stop in Biarritz, ... ( read original story ...)

Nearly 40 percent of the public nationwide approve of the Osaka merger plan, far exceeding those who oppose it, an opinion poll said. As many as 14.5 percent of respondents clearly support the plan to ... ( read original story ...)

RENNES, France (Reuters) - Strikers Mana Iwabuchi and Yuika Sugasawa were on the scoresheet as Japan got their women's World Cup campaign back on track with a 2-1 victory over Scotland in Rennes on ... ( read original story ...)

KAWASAKI - Kawasaki Frontale captain Yu Kobayashi equalized in the second half to salvage a 1-1 draw against Consadole Sapporo on Friday. In the return to J1 action following the international break, ... ( read original story ...)

Mana Iwabuchi had an early goal and then Japan held off a late charge from Scotland for a 2-1 victory on Friday at the Women's World Cup. Iwabuchi, who was on the Japanese team that won the World Cup ... ( read original story ...)

... he has no intention of sending Japanese troops to respond to attacks on a Japanese-operated oil tanker in the Middle East. Takeshi Iwaya told reporters at a Friday news conference that the ... ( read original story ...)

Worrying scene Nagoya Race 10 on the local council NAR circuit with female jockey Aoi Kinomae falling from LAZWARD in the straight and remaining unconcious as the field went around her to finish the ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA -- Tourists visiting Osaka at the end of June and expecting to leave their baggage in lockers while they go shopping and sightseeing will be in for a surprise. Anti-terrorism safeguards for ... ( read original story ...)

In March, a court in the central city of Nagoya acquitted the man of raping his daughter, 19, despite years of sexual abuse. The court recognised that the woman had sex with her father against her ... ( read original story ...)