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Man Dies in Rare Fatal Police Shooting in Japan

Police said the man ignored warnings and was shot after approaching officers with a knife, in a rare fatal police shooting in Japan.

Summary by Kyodo News+
A man who was reportedly covered in blood and wielding a kitchen knife died after being shot by police in Osaka Prefecture on Tuesday, local authorities said, in a rare fatal shooting by officers in Japan.

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(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Seong-mi = An incident occurred in Japan where a police officer shot and killed a man who ran at him wielding a weapon.

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On the night of the 4th, in Kawachinagano City, Osaka Prefecture, an Osaka Prefectural Police officer fired at a man armed with a knife on a street. The man subsequently died. Shibata Nobuaki, head of the Osaka Prefectural Police's Personnel Division, stated, "Based on reports from the officers who were at the scene, the circumstances under which the shooting occurred were…"

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産経ニュース broke the news in Japan on Tuesday, August 4, 2026.
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