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Police officers are seen in front of a facility for the disabled where at least 19 people were killed and as many as 20 wounded by a knife-wielding man, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 26, 2016. © Kyodo /

19 killed, 45 injured as knife-wielding man goes on rampage at medical facility near Tokyo

A man was arrested after killing 19 people and injuring 45 others in a stabbing rampage at a facility for the disabled in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo, local media reported, citing authorities.

Visitors pass beneath the torii gate leading to the most sacred part of the Ise Jingu complex, Japan’s most revered Shinto shrine. Photograph: Justin McCurry for the Guardian

G7 in Japan: concern over world leaders' tour of nationalistic shrine

Prime minister Shinzo Abe, a fervent Shinto devotee, wants to escort Barack Obama and David Cameron to Ise Jingu shrine during summit

Japan’s prime minister Shinzō Abe (centre) shakes hands with IOC president Jacques Rogg...signing the host city contract for the 2020 Games. Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Tokyo Olympics: Japan to 'fully cooperate' with suspicious payments inquiry

French authorities investigating payments made to a secret bank account alleged to have helped Tokyo secure 2020 Games

This general view of the city of Hiroshima showing damage wrought by the atomic bomb was taken March 1946, six months after the bomb was d-ropped August 6, 1945. © Reuters

Obama to visit Hiroshima but White House offers no sign of A-bomb apology

Barack Obama will later this month become the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima, the site of America’s devastating nuclear attack which killed 140,000 people.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center left, puts his arm around Japan’s foreign minister, Fumio Kishida, ...at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum in Hiroshima, Japan. (Photo:

Obama to make historic visit to Hiroshima

President Obama will visit Hiroshima when he travels to Japan this month for a summit of key industrialized nations, the White House announced Tuesday.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center left, puts his arm around Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, after they and fellow G-7 foreign ministers...Memorial Park and Museum in Hiroshima, Japan. (Photo:

Obama won’t apologize for Hiroshima during trip to Japan

President Obama may visit Hiroshima when he travels to Japan late this month for a summit of key industrialized nations, but he will not apologize for the World War II decision to destroy that city with an atomic bomb, the White House said Monday.