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Life sentence to be finalized for Peruvian killer of six in Saitama

National / Crime & Legal Sep 11, 2020

Life sentence to be finalized for Peruvian killer of six in Saitama

Vayron Jonathan Nakada Ludena broke into three houses and stabbed the occupants in 2015.

Japan teen held over woman's fatal stabbing at Fukuoka shopping mall

National / Crime & Legal Aug 29, 2020

Japan teen held over woman's fatal stabbing at Fukuoka shopping mall

A teenager was arrested Friday as a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old woman at a shopping mall in Fukuoka, police said. The 15-year-old, whose name is being withheld because he is a minor and whose address is unknown, was arrested at the ...

Convenience store worker fatally stabbed in Tochigi; suspect kills self

National / Crime & Legal Aug 13, 2020

Convenience store worker fatally stabbed in Tochigi; suspect kills self

The assailant and the victim had been in a relationship since around May last year, and their breakup apparently led to the attack.

Three killed after man goes on stabbing spree in British town's park, police say

World Jun 21, 2020

Three killed after man goes on stabbing spree in British town's park, police say

Three people were killed and another three seriously injured when a man went on a stabbing spree in a park in the southern English town of Reading on Saturday, though police said they were not currently treating the incident as terrorism. Witnesses said a man ...

A year after stabbing spree, Kawasaki school remembers victims

National / Crime & Legal May 28, 2020

A year after stabbing spree, Kawasaki school remembers victims

A student and the father of another student were killed in the attack that also injured 18 others.

National / Crime & Legal Mar 11, 2020

Man held over stabbing of Brazilian couple in Shizuoka that left husband dead

A 64-year-old Japanese man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly stabbing a Brazilian couple in Shizuoka Prefecture last month, police have said. Masafumi Yamaguchi is suspected of fatally stabbing Marcos de Souza and stabbing his wife Mary Cristhiane de Souza Takahashi with a knife in front ...

National / Crime & Legal Feb 18, 2020

Myanmar man arrested for murder of compatriot in central Japan

Police arrested on Tuesday a 28-year-old Myanmar man on suspicion of stabbing to death a compatriot co-worker in a company cafeteria in Mie Prefecture. Kaung Kyaw Htet was arrested for allegedly stabbing Ye Htet Zaw, 25, in the back sometime between 4 p.m. and 4:25 ...

National / Crime & Legal Jan 8, 2020

Mother reveals name of 19-year-old victim in 2016 Sagamihara care home murders

The mother of a woman killed in the 2016 attack on a care home in eastern Japan for people with intellectual disabilities disclosed the name of her then-19-year-old daughter before the trial of the accused in the case began Wednesday. In the trial, victims are ...

Japan court finalizes man's life sentence over shinkansen knife rampage

National / Crime & Legal Jan 7, 2020

Japan court finalizes man's life sentence over shinkansen knife rampage

An indefinite prison term sentence given to a 24-year-old man over a fatal random knife attack aboard a shinkansen in 2018 was finalized Tuesday after the ruling was not appealed. The Odawara branch of the Yokohama District Court ruled last month that Ichiro Kojima murdered ...

Tokyo-Osaka shinkansen killer gets his wish — a life sentence

National / Crime & Legal Dec 18, 2019

Tokyo-Osaka shinkansen killer gets his wish — a life sentence

A court Wednesday sentenced a man to life in prison over a random knife attack aboard a shinkansen last year that killed one passenger and injured two others. Ichiro Kojima, 23, had admitted to the charges of murdering 38-year-old Kotaro Umeda and attempting to kill ...

Former top ministry official sentenced to six year term for son's murder

National / Crime & Legal Dec 16, 2019

Former top ministry official sentenced to six year term for son's murder

Hideaki Kumazawa, 76, had admitted to the slaying, saying his 44-year-old son was a social recluse capable of committing violent acts.

Suspect arrested over slaying of 20-year-old Niigata woman

National / Crime & Legal Nov 18, 2019

Suspect arrested over slaying of 20-year-old Niigata woman

Police arrested a man wanted over the slaying of a 20-year-old woman in the city of Niigata. Ryosuke Saito, 25, had been on the run since Yuzuki Ishizawa was stabbed to death in a building near Niigata Station on Friday evening. He was arrested Monday after ...

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