Nagano prefectural police detained Masanori Aoki, 31, early in the morning after he was holed up at the home of his father, Masamichi Aoki, chairman of the Nakano city assembly.

NAKANO, Nagano Prefecture--The man suspected of going on a shooting and stabbing spree here said he was never personally acquainted with the two women who were killed in the rampage, police said.

The victims of the attack in Nagano include two policemen, and the suspect has been detained. ... Police have named the suspect as Masanori Aoki, the 31-year-old son of a local politician.

According to the Japan Times, the accused shooter, Masanori Aoki, 31, a farmer by trade, is the eldest son of Masamichi Aoki, speaker of the Nakano Municipal Assembly in Nagano prefecture.

The police arrested Masanori Aoki, 31, the son of the Nakano City assembly speaker. The armed and masked suspect allegedly killed two women and two police officers.

Aoki Village in Nagano Prefecture is the slurping heartland for a special variety of soba noodles called Tachiakane. The 70-hectare buckwheat field is now in full bloom, featuring white flowers ...

Masanori Aoki, a 31-year-old farmer ... About 100 investigators are working “to clarify the full extent of this extremely heinous incident,” Nagano police chief Iwao Koyama told reporters Friday.

Nagano prefectural police on Friday observed a moment of silence for two colleagues who were killed along with two women during a shooting and stabbing rampage in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, on May 25 ...