Around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, the perpetrator attacked two men and one woman with a knife in front of JR Nagano Station as they waited for a bus. Hiroyoshi Maruyama, a 49-year-old resident of Nagano city, was later confirmed dead at a hospital.

TOKYO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two men were stabbed near Japan's JR Nagano Station at around 8 p.m. local time on Wednesday, local media reported. One of the victims is in an unconscious state. Authorities are investigating the incident and searching for the perpetrator, national broadcaster NHK cited local police as saying. ■

A man stabbed three people at a train station in central Japan on Wednesday before fleeing the scene, leaving one person dead, local media reported.