True crime cases in Japan

Nineteen people were killed and twenty-six others were injured, thirteen severely, at a care home for disabled people.

Place

Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Date

26 Jul 2016

Sources

2 cited

On 8 June 2008, a man drove a truck into pedestrians in Tokyo's Akihabara district and then attacked people with a knife, killing seven and injuring ten.

Place

Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan

Date

8 Jun 2008

Sources

2 cited

On 26 March 2007, 22-year-old English teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker was murdered by 28-year-old Tatsuya Ichihashi (市橋 達也, Ichihashi Tatsuya), in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

Place

Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan

Date

26 Mar 2007

Sources

2 cited

British citizen Lucie Blackman disappeared in Tokyo on 1 July 2000.

Place

Tokyo and Miura, Kanagawa, Japan

Date

1 Jul 2000

Sources

2 cited

Four members of the Miyazawa family were killed in their Tokyo home.

Place

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Date

30–31 Dec 2000

Sources

5 cited

The Kobe child murders (Japanese: 神戸連続児童殺傷事件, Hepburn: Kōbe renzoku jidō sasshō jiken) occurred in Suma, Kobe, Japan, on 16 March and 24 May 1997, when two children, ten-year-old Ayaka Yamashita (山下 彩花, Yamashita Ayaka) and eleven-year-old Jun Hase (土師 淳, Hase Jun) were murdered.

Place

Suma, Kobe, Japan

Date

Feb–May 1997

Sources

2 cited

Members of Aum Shinrikyo released sarin on crowded commuter trains.

Place

Tokyo, Japan

Date

20 Mar 1995

Sources

3 cited

Junko Furuta (Japanese: 古田 順子, Hepburn: Furuta Junko; 18 January 1971 – 4 January 1989) was a 17-year-old Japanese high school student who was abducted and killed.

Place

Adachi, Tokyo, Japan

Date

25 Nov 1988–4 Jan 1989

Sources

2 cited