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Ibaraki police have arrested a 30-year-old man in the town of Oarai after a woman was stabbed with pruning shears outside a restaurant and the establishment's owner was later found dead.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 7, 2026
Man held over stabbing outside Ibaraki restaurant whose owner was later found dead
Police believe Kotaro Uchiyama, 30, had been drinking with the woman he allegedly stabbed. The owner of the restaurant was later found dead.
A photograph supplied by a neighbor shows paramedics entering an apartment in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, where Rin Zamami was found bleeding heavily on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2026
23-year-old woman stabbed to death in Okinawa in possible stalking incident
Rin Zamami was found collapsed and bleeding on the staircase outside of her apartment on Wednesday and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The case of a woman’s body being dismembered and abandoned is one of a few high-profile violent crimes that have occurred in Hyogo Prefecture this year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2026
Hyogo doctor arrested on suspicion of dismembering wife’s body
The 46-year-old man has admitted to the charges, which also included abandoning the remains in a river.
In a statement read out during the first hearing of the trial, Haruka Komatsumoto's husband asked for as harsh a punishment as possible, saying he lost his wife and their expected child all at once.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 30, 2026
Ex-boyfriend sentenced to 20 years in prison over murder of nail artist
The 29-year-old killed his ex-girlfriend after sending her a stuffed toy with a tracking device hidden inside.
Riki Mihara was arrested in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 29, 2026
Gunma police arrest man wanted after murder of ex-wife’s mother
The victim’s 26-year-old son was also injured in the Gunma city of Ota.
A police vehicle stands near the site of a knife attack on the grounds of a monastery that wounded multiple people and killed one, in Jaroslaw, Poland, on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2026
Ukrainian man kills priest and wounds four at Polish abbey
Prosecutors said the man had entered Poland from Germany and was headed for the Ukraine border, but instead went to the abbey.
Prosecutors have sought a 21-year prison term for Takumi Ouchi, 29, accused of murdering his pregnant former girlfriend in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, last year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2026
21 years sought for man accused of murdering manicurist
The defense argued that prison terms of around 17 years are common in many similar cases.
In the first hearing for his lay judge trial at the Mito District Court, Takumi Ouchi admitted to the allegations of stalking and murdering his former girlfriend, Haruka Komatsumoto.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 14, 2026
Man admits to stalking and killing ex-girlfriend in Ibaraki
Takumi Ouchi admitted to stalking and murdering Haruka Komatsumoto, his ex-girlfriend, after denying the charges during the initial probe.
The Sunrise cake shop in Motosu, Gifu Prefecture
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2026
Police find knife possibly tied to Gifu cake shop arson-murder case
The fire started at Sunrise, a cake shop in the city of Motosu, on Saturday night.
A customer exits a Bank of America branch in New York on Tuesday. Bank of America’s main Manhattan office is located right near the heart of Times Square at One Bryant Park.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2026
Bank of America vice president killed in Manhattan stabbing
Erin Piacenti — who was a vice president of business selection and conflicts at the bank, according to a LinkedIn profile — died at the hospital from the stabbing injuries.
People lay flowers at the memorial monument inside the Tsukui Yamayuri-en residential facility on the 10th anniversary of the attack, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2026
Prayers offered for victims of Sagamihara care home attack
“The deep sorrow remains even after 10 long years,” said the head of the Tsukui Yamayuri-en residential facility for those with disabilities in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture.
The Tokyo District Court has sentenced a man to 16 years in prison for fatally stabbing a woman livestreaming on a street in Tokyo's Takadanobaba district.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2026
Man sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing livestreaming woman
Kenichi Takano stabbed Airi Sato multiple times on a Tokyo street after he had lent her millions in yen.
Four people have been sent to the hospital after they were attacked with a knife in the city of Saiki, Oita Prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 13, 2026
Man arrested after knife attack on four people in Oita Prefecture
The four victims have been taken to the hospital and all of them are conscious, authorities say.
The house in Tomi, Nagano Prefecture, where two bodies were found on Wednesday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 2, 2026
Man arrested after his ex-wife and daughter found dead in Nagano
The same man was arrested on suspicion of trying to kill his 14-year-old son with a knife earlier the same day.
During the first day of a lay judge trial at the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday, 44-year-old Kenichi Takano admitted to stabbing a 22-year-old woman to death in the capital's Takadanobaba district in March last year while she was livestreaming.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 1, 2026
Man indicted over livestreaming murder in Tokyo admits to charges during trial
Kenichi Takano attacked Airi Sato as she was walking and livestreaming on a street in Tokyo last March, stabbing her face and chest multiple times with a knife.
A woman was found after being stabbed in a parking lot in Gunma Prefecture, on Wednesday, and police believe a man who died in a car accident on the same day was involved.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 25, 2026
Suspected attacker dies in crash after Gunma woman stabbed to death
A man who was believed to have fled the scene died in a car accident in neighboring Saitama Prefecture later in the day.
A firefighter works to extinguish a fire in three cars parked on the street at Tigers Bay, during a protest after a knife attack on June 8 left a man seriously injured and prompted police to declare a critical incident, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 10, 2026
U.K. police call for calm after brutal knife attack in Belfast
The incident led to the arrest of a Sudanese national and prompted protest calls from the far right.
A man prays for the victims of a 2008 indiscriminate stabbing incident in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Monday, the 18th anniversary of the incident.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 8, 2026
Victims mourned 18 years after Akihabara stabbing incident
The attacker, then 25, rammed a truck into a pedestrian area near Akihabara Station and hit passers-by before attacking them with a dagger.
Pupils of Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, lay flowers at a monument at the school on Monday, the 25th anniversary of a mass stabbing that killed eight children.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 8, 2026
Work to improve safety continues 25 years after mass stabbing at Osaka school
On June 8, 2001, a man armed with knives broke into the school and stabbed eight children to death, and injured scores of others.
Interpol has placed Kazuhiko Masuda, 48, on its wanted list at the request of the Japanese police.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 6, 2026
Key suspect in Tochigi murder-robbery put on Interpol wanted list
At the request of Japanese police, the International Criminal Police Organization has issued a Red Notice for Kazuhiko Masuda, 48.

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