Mainichi
WAKAYAMA -- A shot was fired at a vehicle on the Hanwa Expressway in the predawn hours of Monday, smashing a hole in the vehicle's rear window, only 15 minutes before a similar incident occurred nearby, police said.
Investigators said a car driven by a 22-year-old man was passing a vehicle stopped between two lanes on the Hanwa Expressway at about 2:40 a.m. on Monday, when a shot was suddenly fired at the car.
The shot punctured the left rear window of his vehicle, but neither the man nor his 21-year-old wife was injured....more...
Drive-by shooting sparks search for gunman
Mainichi
TODA, Saitama -- A shot has been fired at a car from another vehicle that pulled up next to it at a national highway intersection here, police said.
Nobody was injured in the incident even though the window of the victim's car was smashed. Police are searching for the assailant on suspicion of attempted murder.
At around 7:25 p.m. on Monday, a shot was fired at a car belonging to a 38-year-old Tokyo man from a vehicle that stopped on its left at an intersection on Route 17 in Toda shortly after the traffic light turned to green, according to investigators. The assailant drove away from the scene....more...
Shotgun blast smashes bus windows
Mainichi
YOKOHAMA -- Two windows of a bus were severely damaged in what appeared to be a shotgun attack, police said on Tuesday.
The bus was heading toward a depot in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, when the attack occurred in the city at about 11 p.m. on Monday.
Police suspect that someone fired a shotgun at the moving bus belonging to the Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu company, which had already finished the day's work.
The driver of the bus heard a strange sound and stopped the vehicle to confirm what happened....more...