Wife of ex-vice health minister stabbed at home in Tokyo

Wife of ex-vice health minister stabbed at home in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers examine the scene near the house of Kenji Yoshihara, a former vice health and welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward after Yoshihara's wife Yasuko was stabbed in the entrance of their house by a man pretending to be from a parcel delivery service.

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