The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower around us, beckoning us to their slopes. In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known ...

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The city of Nagano in northern Japan is on high alert following a fatal stabbing near its main railway station last Wednesday, which left one person dead and three others injured. Despite the ...

Satoshi Yoshizawa, chief of criminal investigation at the Nagano Prefectural Police, holds a press conference in Nagano on Jan. 26, 2025. (Kyodo) NAGANO (Kyodo) -- A 46-year-old male suspect in a ...

Troy Brynelson / OPB President Donald Trump has nominated former Washington state congressional candidate Joe Kent to be the next director of the National Counter Terrorism Center. Trump announced ...

President Donald Trump said Monday he is nominating former Washington state congressional candidate Joe Kent to be the director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Trump made the announcement ...

Nagano Prefectural Police on Sunday arrested a 46-year-old man who is suspected of fatally stabbing one person and injuring two others in front of Nagano Station days earlier. Yusuke Yaguchi, an ...

WASHINGTON, USA — President Donald Trump has nominated Joe Kent, a two-time political candidate in Washington state, former Green Beret and CIA officer, to be director of the National ...

President Donald Trump has nominated former Washington Republican congressional candidate Joe Kent to be the next director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Trump made the ...

President Donald Trump named Joe Kent as director of the National Counterterrorism Center and Sean Parnell as the lead spokesman for the Pentagon on Monday. The president announced the ...

The suspect in the Nagano Station stabbings remained inside his home from at least Friday evening until his arrest on Sunday, police said Tuesday, as investigators probe whether he changed his ...