Total Public Cases: 19
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 DetailsOn September 16, 2024, 26-year-old K was stabbed in the neck with scissors inside his luxury high-rise apartment in Nakano Ward. His 25-year-old girlfriend, Sato, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder, …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Sept. 16, 2024
View DetailsHirasawa Toshino, a 25-year-old Japanese bar manager and aspiring influencer, was fatally stabbed in Tokyo on May 8, 2024, by Wakai Manabu, a 51-year-old former friend who had become romantically obsessed with her. The source …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Murder | Date: May 8, 2024
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 the night of October 1, 2023, 80-year-old Tomochika Yoshida allegedly strangled his 85-year-old wife, Setsuko, at their home in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. The source describes more than 30 years of marriage, Setsuko's severe visual …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Oct. 1, 2023
View DetailsOn February 2, 2023, 24-year-old Sana entered a Tokyo love hotel with Akira, a 54-year-old man she had met through a dating app in a financially transactional relationship. According to the source, Akira had given …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 2, 2023
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 May 13, 2019, Yuka Takaoka, a former girls' bar manager, stabbed host-club worker Luna-san in the abdomen with a kitchen knife in an apartment in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The source describes a romantic and financially …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: May 13, 2019
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 DetailsMayuka Tamura began dating her colleague Hiroaki Suzuki in 2014 without knowing that he was engaged to another woman. After Suzuki's fiancée obtained a 500,000-yen compensation order against Mayuka, Suzuki promised to reimburse her but …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: March 16, 2018
View DetailsAccording to the report, Tomohiro Iwasaki, a 27-year-old fan, became obsessed with singer and actress Mayu Tomita after repeatedly contacting her through social media. After she rejected his marriage proposal and returned a gift, he …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: May 21, 2016
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 28, 2006, 22-year-old Shizuka Yamada was found dead in her apartment in Ohara, Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. Police treated the death as murder after finding apparent strangulation marks. Her coworker Makoto Nasu was arrested …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 28, 2006
View DetailsOn the evening of November 10, 2005, 15-year-old Yua Yamazaki was fatally attacked inside her family's apartment in Machida, Tokyo. She was found by her mother, Kimiko Yamazaki, at approximately 5:25 AM on November 11. …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Nov. 10, 2005
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
View DetailsLucy, a 21-year-old British woman, migrated to Japan with her friend Louisa to work illegally in bars. She disliked the work and met an American man she liked. After three months, Lucy disappeared after going …
Country: Japan | Incident Type: Murder | Date: June 1, 2000
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