Total Public Cases: 9
On March 11, 2025, at approximately 9:50 a.m., 22-year-old live streamer Airi Sato (broadcaster name 'Kami') was fatally stabbed over 30 times on a street in Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, by 42-year-old viewer Kenichi Takano. Sato …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Murder | Date: March 11, 2025
View DetailsIn April 2024, two burned bodies of a wealthy couple, Yutaro Takashima and his wife Nosako, were found in the mountains of Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture. Wakayama Kito, a former child actor, was arrested as …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Murder | Date: April 15, 2024
View DetailsIn January 2024, a married couple, Mr. Takahashi and Ms. Kim, went missing from their Tokyo home. Initially, police did not act urgently despite bloodstains reported by their son. Two days later, the couple's bodies …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 16, 2024
View DetailsOn January 16, 2022, Yoko Yoshida was found unconscious at home and later died in hospital. Initially thought to be natural causes, an autopsy revealed lethal methanol poisoning. The investigation pointed to her husband, Keisuke …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: Jan. 16, 2022
View DetailsIn August 2021, 18-year-old high school student Wano-ka from Sumida Ward, Tokyo, went missing after saying she was meeting a friend. Her body was found days later in Yamanashi Prefecture. Shohei Komori, 27, and his …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Aug. 28, 2021
View DetailsIn August 2021, in Adachi, Tokyo, a wife named Takita allegedly hired a hitman through social media to murder her husband due to financial debts exceeding 10 million yen and deteriorating marital relations. The husband …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: Aug. 7, 2021
View DetailsOn July 22, 2018, Ms. Arashi, a 28-year-old married woman, was found dead in Nobuaki Ishihara's luxury mansion in Shibuya, Tokyo. Ishihara, a 69-year-old tax accountant and real estate executive, was her affair partner. Ms. …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Murder | Date: July 22, 2018
View DetailsIn 2012, Kumiko Arai, a 34-year-old housewife in Tokyo, was found stabbed to death in her apartment after a break-in. The perpetrator, Matsuo, a nearby resident with a history of theft and financial struggles, broke …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Nov. 21, 2012
View DetailsOn December 31, 2000, the bodies of Mikio Miyazawa (44), his wife Yasuko (41), their daughter Niina (6), and their son Rei (4) were discovered inside their home in the Setagaya district of Tokyo, Japan. …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: Dec. 30, 2000
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