Mass killings in Japan JAPAN 200km 125 miles Jul 26, 2016: Former employee kills 19 residents at home for mentally disabled in Sagamihara, in deadliest mass killing in Japan in decades Jun 8, 2008: Seven people killed when man slams truck into crowd in Tokyo’s popular Akihabara electronics district before randomly stabbing people Jun 8, 2001: Man with history of mental illness stabs eight children and injures 13 others at elementary school in Osaka Mar 20, 1995: Doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo disperses sarin nerve gas on Tokyo subway, killing 13 and sickening thousands Source: Wire agencies