Overview
- Caritas School held a memorial mass on May 28, 2026 attended by students, parents and alumni, and the principal said the sorrow from the attack remains unchanged seven years later.
- The Noborito attack on May 28, 2019 left an 11-year-old pupil and an accompanying parent dead, 18 people wounded, and the suspect dead at the scene.
- Tama Ward has designated the 28th of each month as a 'Child Watch Day' and continues patrols to protect children along school routes.
- The ward also introduced a classroom safety-map lesson in which pupils identify 'hard-to-see' spots on their routes to build self-protection skills.
- Coverage of the 25th anniversary of the 2001 Ikeda attack reminded officials that past failures in on-scene command and information sharing drove cross-jurisdiction drills and reforms that remain central to preparedness today.