Taxi driver apparently shot in robbery near Tokyo, attacker at large

Police are searching for an unidentified man suspected of shooting a male taxi driver in a robbery late Wednesday in Kawaguchi, north of Tokyo, they said, adding that the victim's injury does not seem to be life-threatening.The suspect apparently shot the driver in the taxi after trying to rob him at around 11:40 p.m. on a street some 400 meters north of JR Kawaguchi Station in Saitama Prefecture, the police said.Some residents in the area informed the police that a man was slamming the vehicle's doors and a firecracker-like noise was heard. The driver was bleeding from his abdomen, but the…READ FULL ARTICLE