Knife-wielding man breaks into Asahi's Nagoya HQ

Knife-wielding man breaks into Asahi's Nagoya HQ

NAGOYA, Japan - Photographers take the picture of the receptionist desk at the Asahi Shimbun newspaper's Nagoya headquarters on Sept. 8 after a man armed with a knife broke into the office and threatened a female receptionist. Police quickly arrested the man and the woman was unhurt.

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