Yuta Sugimoto

• Thousands of Japan police in manhunt for rape suspect: reports

  A massive manhunt was underway in Japan on Wednesday with 4,000 police officers, 850 vehicles, sniffer dogs, helicopters and boats scouring a port city for an escaped rape suspect, reports said.

• Rape suspect flees during interrogation in Japan

  Japanese police have launched a rare nationwide man hunt for a rape suspect who fled while he was being interrogated near Tokyo.