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The Shibuya incident (Japanese: 渋谷事件, Hepburn: Shibuya jiken) was a violent confrontation which occurred in June 1946 between rival gangs near Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan. The years after World War II saw Japan as a defeated nation and the Japanese people had to improvise in many aspects of daily life.
An armed 20-year-old escaping police hijacks a ferry and takes the crew and passengers hostage. He is shot dead by a police sniper the following morning. The moment that he was shot dead was telecast. This incident is the first example of shooting a criminal to death in Japan. 1971: Kiyoshi Ōkubo: 8: Gunma Prefecture
The Tokyo subway sarin attack (Japanese: 地下鉄サリン事件, Hepburn: Chikatetsu sarin jiken, lit. ' subway sarin incident ') was an act of domestic terrorism perpetrated on 20 March 1995, in Tokyo, Japan, by members of the cult movement Aum Shinrikyo.
Here are some of the memorable images from that cloudless Tuesday morning. Sept. 11 attacks: These iconic images from 9/11 are truly unforgettable September 11 Terrorist Attacks in photos
In 1946, they were involved in the Shibuya incident where they fought for control of the local black markets. The Sekine-gumi rapidly expanded, but in 1947 many members were arrested by US occupation authorities for firearms possession, resulting in the group's disbandment. Thereafter, remnants of the gang came together with the remnants of ...
A mass stabbing incident occurred 6 August 2021, on a commuter train in the Odakyu Electric Railway in Tokyo, Japan. Ten people were injured in the incident. The attacker, a 36-year-old man named Yusuke Tsushima, was arrested hours later at a convenience store. Police charged him in January 2022 with attempted murder, robbery and attempted ...
A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison, court ...
Kabocha, the Shiba Inu whose side-eye expression launched memes and a crypto coin, has died in Japan. Doge is dead: Kabosu, the Shiba Inu who inspired memes and a crypto coin, dies in Japan Skip ...