Fatal stabbing of woman in western Japan

Fatal stabbing of woman in western Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 27, 2025, shows flowers and drinks offered in front of an apartment building in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, where a female resident was stabbed to death a week earlier.

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