Police in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, have arrested a 69-year-old man, who is a patient at a hospital, on suspicion of killing an 82-year-old male patient at the same hospital. According to police, Takashi Hamano is suspected of strangling Kei Mochizuki, while he was sleeping in his room at Toyosato Hospital,…

Police in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, have arrested a 61-year-old man on suspicion of killing a 74-year-old acquaintance. The arrest warrant alleges that in late January, Misao Ohara killed Toshio Furuya at his home, by striking him on the head with one or more blunt objects. Furuya was found dead on…