Chuo Univ. professor stabbed to death on campus, man flees

TOKYO, Japan - Chuo University students gather outside the university's Korakuen Campus in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Jan. 14 as all afternoon classes were cancelled after an electronics professor died shortly after being stabbed by a man inside the campus building.

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