“Kitchen knives found in Japan’s prince school desk”

“the Police in Japan are searching for a man in middle age, after two kitchen knives has been found in a desk belonging to Japan’s 12-year-old prince Hisahitos desk.”

“Wearing arbetarkläder and helmet caught the man on the school’s surveillance cameras as he walked across the school yard, according to police investigators, reports the japanese news channel NHK.”

“The 12-year-old prince is the grandson of emperor Akihito, who abdicates next week. Hisahitos uncle Naruhito will take over as the new emperor may 1 – which means that Japan is entering a new era.”

“No one was injured in the knivincidenten and it has not found any threatening message, along with the knives. Threats against the imperial family are relatively uncommon in Japan, according to AFP.”