Overview
- Fifteen employees were injured at Yokohama Rubber’s Mishima plant after an assault involving knives and a bleach-like liquid, and police arrested a former employee.
- Investigators found tools and multiple boxes labeled with a bleach product at the suspect’s home, which they say suggests premeditation.
- Near Osaka’s Namba Station, a passenger car mounted the sidewalk and struck pedestrians, with the fire department reporting three people injured as live updates continue.
- A five-year-old boy was caught in an escalator mechanism at the Asarigawa Onsen ski area in Otaru and was transported to a hospital unconscious.
- The Sapporo District Meteorological Observatory warned of blizzard conditions and transport disruptions as heavy snowfall is forecast for northern Hokkaido and the Sea of Japan side.