A 61-year-old man has been arrested in Fukuoka after he allegedly stabbed three people — who he reportedly said he did not know — in a library in the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/20/japan/crime-legal/fukuoka-library-stabbings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #fukuoka #stabbings
The stabbing of three 17-year-old boys — one of whom died — in Osaka’s Dotonbori entertainment district was apparently triggered by the suspect’s harassment of a female acquaintance of the victim. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/16/japan/crime-legal/osaka-stabbing-motive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #osaka #stabbings #japanesepolice
A 17-year-old boy was killed and two others injured in a stabbing in Osaka’s popular Dotonbori entertainment district around midnight Sunday, police said, adding that they were investigating the case as a homicide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/15/japan/crime-legal/osaka-dotonbori-stabbing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #osaka #stabbings
Police arrested a man on suspicion of murdering his former girlfriend, a pregnant manicurist whose body was found in an apartment in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, late last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/22/japan/crime-legal/murder-boyfriend-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #ibaraki #stalking #stabbings
An official died and another was injured after a resident who was subject to a court-ordered eviction stabbed them at an apartment in Tokyo’s Suginami Ward, Tokyo police said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/crime-legal/court-official-conducting-eviction-stabbed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #realestate #tokyo #suginami #stabbings #japanesepolice
Tokyo police have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering the president of an audio equipment company, who was found dead in Tokyo's Ota Ward last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/11/japan/crime-legal/ota-ward-murder-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #stabbings #otaward
A 44-year-old company president was found dead in a pool of blood at his apartment in Tokyo’s Ota Ward on Thursday morning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/crime-legal/man-found-dead-in-tokyo-apartment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #stabbings
Tokyo police have arrested a 35-year-old Chinese national on attempted murder charges following the stabbing of a woman in the Takadanobaba district of the capital’s Shinjuku Ward on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-takadanobaba-stabbing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #stabbings #takadanobaba #shinjuku #japanesepolice
Despite many clues left at the scene, police are still desperately searching for whoever is behind the brutal murder of a family of four in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward 25 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/japan/crime-legal/setagaya-murder-search/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #setagaya #japanesepolice #stabbings
A woman was stabbed in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Monday, with police searching for the suspect, according to investigative sources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/crime-legal/woman-stabbed-shinjuku/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #shinjuku #stabbings
Fourteen people were injured in a stabbing spree at a tire factory in Shizuoka Prefecture on Friday, during which an unspecified liquid was also sprayed, an emergency services official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/japan/crime-legal/shizuoka-stabbing-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shizuoka #yokohamarubber #stabbings
Nick Reiner, 32, has been arrested and booked for the murder of his parents, the Hollywood director and actor Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/world/crime-legal/nick-reiner-arrest-murder-suspect/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #stabbings #losangeles #california #robreiner
A 37-year-old man was arrested in the city of Fukuoka on suspicion of stabbing his father, who has been hospitalized, on Monday night. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/japan/crime-legal/fukuoka-son-arrest-stabbing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #fukuoka #stabbings
A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman in her 20s and a man in his 40s at a commercial facility in the city of Fukuoka on Sunday, according to the Fukuoka Prefectural Police. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/japan/crime-legal/man-arrest-fukuoka-stabbing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #fukuoka #hkt48 #stabbings
Tokyo police arrested a 43-year-old Ground Self-Defense Force member Saturday on suspicion of attempting to stab a woman to death earlier this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/22/japan/crime-legal/gsdf-akasaka-woman-stabbing-suspect/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #gsdf #stabbings #tokyo #akasaka #minatoward #japanesepolice
Police investigating the stabbing of a woman in Tokyo’s Akasaka district on Sunday say security camera footage shows the suspect leaving the building roughly 30 seconds after following the victim inside. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/18/japan/crime-legal/akasaka-stabbing-details/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #stabbings #tokyo #akasaka
Police in Tokyo are hunting for a male suspect after receiving a report Sunday morning that a woman was stabbed in the capital’s Minato Ward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/16/japan/crime-legal/akasaka-woman-stabbing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #akasaka #japanesepolice #stabbings
A 32-year-old British man was the sole suspect accused of a mass stabbing on a train in England, after another man arrested in the case was released with no charges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/world/crime-legal/uk-train-stabbings-attacker/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #uk #stabbings
Nine people were treated for life-threatening injuries after a series of stabbings on a train near Cambridge in eastern England on Saturday, and two men were arrested. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/world/crime-legal/suspects-arrested-uk-train-stabbings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #stabbings #uk
Since the conflict between Israel and Hamas flared anew two years ago, U.K. security officials have braced for the bloodshed to spread into local streets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/world/politics/uk-terrorism-threat-gaza-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #manchester #uk #religion #judaism #terrorism #stabbings #discrimination
