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STABBINGS

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.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / 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.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / 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
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / 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.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / 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.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / 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.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / 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.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / 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.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / 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.
Hyogo Prefectural Police have confirmed that a body found floating in a river in the city of Tatsuno was that of Kenji Oyama, the suspect in a recent double murder case.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Jun 4, 2026
Body found in river confirmed as suspect in Hyogo double murder case
Kenji Oyama, 42, had been wanted on suspicion of killing a 52-year-old woman and her 74-year-old mother at their home last month.
Kazuhiko Masuda, who is suspected of orchestrating a high-profile robbery-murder case in Tochigi Prefecture, is believed to have fled Japan and is believed to be in Southeast Asia.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Jun 3, 2026
Suspect in Tochigi robbery-murder who fled abroad ordered to return passport
Kazuhiko Masuda, the suspected orchestrator of a robbery-murder in Tochigi Prefecture, is believed to be in Southeast Asia.
A photo on the front page of The Japan Times on Sunday, June 27, 1976, shows a moment from the fight between Antonio Aoki and Muhammad Ali.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / History
Jun 2, 2026
Japan Times 1976: Inoki sits on his fortune as Ali dances to the bank
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Investigators with the Tochigi Prefectural Police load cardboard boxes believed to contain seized items into a vehicle after completing a search of the Yokohama apartment of two suspects in a robbery-murder case in Tochigi Prefecture, on May 21.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
May 30, 2026
Fifth high school boy arrested in Tochigi robbery-murder case
The 18-year-old student allegedly used a communication app to introduce the boy, 16, to another, despite knowing he would be used to help carry out the crime.
An alleged mastermind behind a recent robbery-murder in Tochigi Prefecture left Japan from Narita International Airport for China, police say.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
May 28, 2026
Tochigi robbery-murder mastermind fled Japan via Narita Airport
Police are investigating the possible involvement of a ³Ù´Ç°ì³Ü°ù²â¨± anonymous and fluid criminal group.
Tochigi police have issued an arrest warrant for a man in his 40s in a robbery-murder case, saying he is believed to have instructed a married couple to carry out the attack.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2026
Police issue arrest warrant for potential mastermind in Tochigi murder case
The man fled to China after the incident in which a 69-year-old woman was killed at her home during a break-in.
Kenji Oyama in 2017 (left) and from security camera footage earlier this month, as featured in a police wanted poster.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
May 25, 2026
Arrest warrant issued for man suspected of Hyogo mother-daughter murder
Kenji Oyama, 42, emerged as a suspect based on forensic analysis and security camera footage from around the scene.
A teenager (center, wearing sandals) arrested for his involvement in a murder-robbery case is sent to prosecutors on May 16 in the city of Shimotsuke, in Tochigi Prefecture.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
May 22, 2026
Tochigi murder-robbery case reflects ¡®³Ù´Ç°ì³Ü°ù²â¨±¡¯ adapting to crackdowns
In typical schemes, hired perpetrators are strangers to one another, but due to crackdowns on online recruitment, many are turning to word of mouth and familiarity.
Police on Thursday search the Yokohama apartment of Kaito Takemae, who is accused of directing four teenage boys in the robbery and murder of a 69-year-old woman in Kaminokawa, Tochigi Prefecture.
EDITORIALS
May 22, 2026
Defeating ³Ù´Ç°ì³Ü°ù²â¨± requires more than just better law enforcement
The problem of ³Ù´Ç°ì³Ü°ù²â¨±, or anonymous crime groups, was thrust back into headlines last week, after the robbery and murder of an elderly woman
Tochigi police officers seize materials from the apartment of Kaito Takemae and his wife in Yokohama on Thursday.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
May 21, 2026
Tochigi robbery-murder suspect tried to flee to South Korea
The 28-year-old alleged instructor of the crime was taken into custody shortly before his planned flight to Seoul at Tokyo¡¯s Haneda Airport in the early hours of Sunday.
An office building in Shanghai developed by Mori Building where two Japanese nationals and a Chinese citizen were attacked Tuesday
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
May 21, 2026
Mori Building employees wounded in Shanghai restaurant attack
Local police have not disclosed what triggered the attack, which harmed two Japanese nationals and a Chinese citizen.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
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