TOKYO — 1915 · Serial Murder
Tokichi Ishii case
SolvedSources: CLast updated: 14 October 2026
Tokichi Ishii, who killed four people — a couple, a police officer, and a woman — in various parts of Japan in 1915, was tried and sentenced to death. It is known that while awaiting execution he converted to Christianity and wrote a confession and memoir, which was later translated into English and published.
- Date
- 1915
- Place
- Various districts, Tokyo, JP
- Category
- Serial Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 35.6762, 139.6503 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 1915Defendant tried and sentenced to death
- 1918Executed
Sources
- Court Records
- Contemporary Press Archive
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