Stories from Hikone · Japan

A minivan carrying 10 junior high school boys and a 43-year-old female elementary school teacher crashed while en route to lodging in Hikone. The teacher was driving the minivan, which was en route to lodging in Hikone after an event in Nara Prefecture.

Thieves targeted five residential properties in Hikone City, stealing luxury foreign cars and precious metals valued at approximately 14 million yen.