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4 days ago
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Japan police arrest Vietnamese citizen for alleged murder, robbery in Saga Pref.
Police in Saga Prefecture, western Japan, have arrested a Vietnamese national on suspicion of killing a woman and robbery. A man attacked a woman and her mother with a knife-like object at their home in Imari City on Saturday. Forty-year-old Japanese language teacher Mukumoto Maiko died. Her mother in her 70s suffered neck and other injuries. The assailant fled the scene. Police said they arrested 24-year-old Dam Duy Khang on Sunday night. He lives nearby and is a technical intern trainee. Police believe the suspect entered Mukumoto's home, threatened the daughter with a knife, took more than 10,000 yen, or about 68 dollars, and killed her. The mother reportedly said they opened the front door after the intercom rang, and the attacker then demanded cash and their wallets before slashing at them. The mother also reportedly said she did not personally know the man.
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4 days ago
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Attacker kills woman, injures mother in Saga, southwestern Japan
A man attacked a mother and daughter with a knife-like object at their home in southwestern Japan's Saga Prefecture on Saturday, killing the 40-year-old daughter. The mother suffered injuries. Police are trying to identify and find the attacker, who remains at large. Investigative sources say intercom footage shows a man who appears to be the suspect. The incident occurred at around 4:30 p.m. in Imari City. The victim was identified as Mukumoto Maiko. Her mother, in her 70s, sustained injuries to her neck and elsewhere. The mother reportedly told police that they opened the front door after the intercom rang, and the attacker then demanded cash and their wallets before slashing at them. She reportedly said she did not know personally know the man. Police say the mother told them that the assailant appeared to be a non-Japanese man in his 20s with short black hair, wearing a mask, a black short-sleeved T-shirt and long brown pants.
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17-06-2025
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Wind chime festival in Saga brings cool sounds to summer
A summer festival in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is providing visitors with the cool sounds of wind chimes made with traditional porcelain. About 3,000 wind chimes produced by local potteries hang from the eaves of houses, shops and other places in the Okawachiyama district of Imari City. The area is a center of Imari ware production. It hosts the annual event at this time of year. Photo spots were set up this year for people to take pictures of colorful chimes with a background of forests and rivers. A girl from the United States said the sounds of the chimes are beautiful and she wants one. Ichikawa Toshiki, who is in charge of the festival, said porcelain chimes have a different attraction to those made of glass. He hopes visitors will enjoy the sounds with the atmosphere of the district. The festival will run through August 24.
