29 cases · 1915–2022
Japan: true crime and tragedy cases
29 documented cases across 18 cities in Japan. Sourced, with timelines, on the map.
Category mix
Murder 6Missing Person 1Unsolved Case 5Serial Murder 5Major Tragedy 12
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Cases
Nara, Japan, Nara · 2022 · Murder · SolvedAssassination of Shinzo Abe›Kitashinchi, Japan, Osaka · 2021 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Kitashinchi Psychiatric Clinic Arson›Fushimi, Japan, Kyoto · 2019 · Major Tragedy · SolvedKyoto Animation Arson Attack›Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, Zama · 2017 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Nine Murders in Zama — the "Twitter Killer"›Kanagawa, Japan, Sagamihara · 2016 · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Tsukui Yamayuri-en Care Home Attack›Saitama, Japan, Fujimi · 2009 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Marriage Site" Deaths — Saitama and Tokyo›Akihabara, Chiyoda, Tokyo · 2008 · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Akihabara Massacre›Chiba, Japan, Ichikawa · 2007 · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Lindsay Hawker — Two Years on the Run›Hyōgo, Japan, Amagasaki · 2005 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Amagasaki Rail Crash — Speed on the Curve›Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo · 2001 · Major Tragedy · UnsolvedThe Kabukicho Myojo 56 Building Fire›Setagaya, Japan, Tokyo · 2000 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedSetagaya Family Murder›Minato (Roppongi), Japan, Tokyo · 2000 · Murder · ClosedLucie Blackman Case›Sonobe, Wakayama, Wakayama · 1998 · Murder · SolvedThe Wakayama Curry Poisoning›Katsushika (Shibamata), Japan, Tokyo · 1996 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Shibamata Student Murder and Arson›Kasumigaseki, Japan, Tokyo · 1995 · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Tokyo Metro Sarin Attack›Tokyo, Japan, Hachioji · 1995 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Hachioji Supermarket Murders›Nagano, Japan, Matsumoto · 1994 · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Matsumoto Sarin Attack›Gunma Prefecture, Japan, Ueno · 1985 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe JAL 123 Disaster — Mount Osutaka›Kita, Japan, Osaka · 1985 · Murder · SolvedThe Toyota Shoji Scandal — A Murder Before the Cameras›Hyōgo, Japan, Nishinomiya · 1984 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedGlico-Morinaga Case — "The Monster with 21 Faces"›Akasaka, Japan, Tokyo · 1982 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Hotel New Japan Fire›Niigata Prefecture, Japan, Kashiwazaki · 1978 · Missing Person · SolvedThe Couple Who Vanished in Kashiwazaki — a North Korean Abduction›Namba, Japan, Osaka · 1972 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Sennichi Department Store Fire — The Seventh-Floor Cabaret›Gunma, Japan, Maebashi · 1971 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Kiyoshi Ōkubo Serial Murders›Chiba, Saitama, Tokyo areas, Tokyo · 1968 · Serial Murder · UnsolvedThe Tokyo Metropolitan Murders›Tokyo, Japan, Fuchu · 1968 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe 300 Million Yen Robbery›Toshima, Japan, Tokyo · 1948 · Murder · ClosedTeigin Incident — Bank Poisoning›Okayama Prefecture, Japan, Tsuyama · 1938 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Tsuyama Massacre›Various districts, Tokyo · 1915 · Serial Murder · SolvedTokichi Ishii case›