Police officers stand guard on a street leading to a building where a man is holed up in Nakano, central Japan (Picture: AP)

At least one person has died after an attack by a man armed with a rifle and a knife in central Japan.

A passerby raised the alarm in Nakano city, in the central prefecture of Nagano, earlier today.

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Police officers stand guard on a street leading to a building where a man is holed up in Nakano, central Japan (Picture: AP)

At least one person has died after an attack by a man armed with a rifle and a knife in central Japan.

A passerby raised the alarm in Nakano city, in the central prefecture of Nagano, earlier today.

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