11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

OSATO, Japan - Police officers examine the area in front of the main gate at Omatsuzawa Elementary School in the town of Osato, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 20 after Ruika Abe, a sixth grader at the school, was stabbed there by a 56-year-old man.

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

OSATO, Japan - Police officers examine the area in front of the main gate at Omatsuzawa Elementary School in the town of Osato, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 20 after Ruika Abe, a sixth grader at the school, was stabbed there by a 56-year-old man.

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

OSATO, Japan - Police officers examine the area in front of the main gate at Omatsuzawa Elementary School in the town of Osato, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 20 after Ruika Abe, a sixth grader at the school, was stabbed there by a 56-year-old man. (Kyodo)

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

OSATO, Japan - Police officers examine the area in front of the main gate at Omatsuzawa Elementary School in the town of Osato, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 20 after Ruika Abe, a sixth grader at the school, was stabbed there by a 56-year-old man. (Kyodo)

Golf: Hoken No Madoguchi Ladies

Golf: Hoken No Madoguchi Ladies

Momoko Osato poses with the trophy after winning the Hoken No Madoguchi Ladies golf tournament on May 16, 2021, at Fukuoka Country Club in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.

Golf: Hoken No Madoguchi Ladies

Golf: Hoken No Madoguchi Ladies

Momoko Osato poses with the trophy after winning the Hoken No Madoguchi Ladies golf tournament on May 16, 2021, at Fukuoka Country Club in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.

Aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis

Aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis

Tomato farmer Satoshi Abe is pictured on Nov. 11, 2019, in his greenhouse in Osato, Miyagi Prefecture, which was flooded as Typhoon Hagibis hit the northeastern Japan town on Oct. 12. He began tomato farming after losing his wife and three children in Higashimatsushima in the same prefecture in the March 2011 tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo