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Murder 1 man
Sada Abe strangles her lover Kichizo Ishida and cuts his penis. Because her way of killing him is erotic, her crime gives an influence on Japanese films. -
Serial Killer-Murder 103 dead newborns
A hospital director Miyuki Ishikawa fatal neglects against about a hundred babies. There are accomplices and the shinjuku word office is suspected of approval for the murders. -
Serial Killer-Rape and Murder 10 women, Rape another 30 women
Japanese ex-soldier Yoshio Kodaira rapes and murders ten women. In China, he murders Chinese soldiers as a soldier. He also kill his father-in-law in 1932. Kodaira is executed in 1949. -
Murder 12 people
Sixteen employees of a Teigin Bank branch are poisoned by cyanide after taking chemicals given to them by a man claiming to be from the health authorities who claimed they were medication to control a nearby dysentery outbreak. The man then stole 160,000 yen before making his escape. Twelve people died. Sadamichi Hirasawa, a painter, was arrested several months later. Although sentenced to death, there were strong suspicions that he was wrongfully convicted, and successive Justice Minsters refus -
Stabbing to death 1 man
The head of the Japan Socialist Party is stabbed to death by a 17-year old right-wing extremist Otoya Yamaguchi at a televised rally. -
Kidnap and murder 1 kid
4 year-old Yoshinobu Murakoshi fails to come home from a local park; several days later his family receives a phone call demanding ransom. Police fail to apprehend the person who collected the ransom, and the case generated massive publicity. Two years later they identified Tamotsu Obara as the kidnapper, who admitted under questioning to have murdered the child. -
Shooting rampage. Murder 1 police officer
18-year old Misao Katagiri goes on a rampage with a rifle. He shoots two police officers in Zama city, Kanagawa prefecture then hijacks several cars. A gun battle between the gunman and hundreds of special police ensues at a gun store in Shibuya, Tokyo. He is suppressed by police and sentences to death. -
Rob and murder 4 people
A series of high-profile robberies in which 19-year old Norio Nagayama robs people for their money after killing them with a handgun stolen from the US military. After controversial trials, the Supreme Court upholds Nagayama's death in 1990. He is executed in 1997. -
300 million yen robbery- no victim
Disguised as a police officer, an unidentified man stops a security van belonging to the Toshiba Corporation near Tokyo's Fuchu Prison and, in the guise conducting a bomb search, hijacks the van successfully escaping with almost 300 million yen Despite a massive investigation into what would become the largest robbery in Japanese history, neither the man or the money are ever found. -
Kidnap President
South Korean dissident Kim Dae-Jung, later to be president, is kidnapped from his hotel room in Tokyo by KCIA agents and taken to South Korea. -
Murder 6 people
A mentally disturbed man throws a bucket of petrol and a lit newspaper into a bus. The ensuing fire killed 6 and injured 14. He kills himself in 1997. -
Hijack. Murder 24 people
A mentally disturbed Captain Seiji Katagiri forces the Japan Airlines Flight 350 to crash. 24 passengers are killed by the crash. He is arrested on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in deaths, but he isn't indicted due to his insanity -
1 kid Murders 1 kid
Four malnourished children are found in a Tokyo apartment nine months after their mother had left to travel with her boyfriend, during which time a fifth child was discovered to have been murdered by two friends of the oldest child. -
Rape 1 girl for 41 days and Murder
A 17-year-old boy Jo Kamisaku and three other boys abducts a high school girl Junko Furuta. They rapes and assaults her for 41 days. They murders her and encases her in concrete. -
Serial Killer-Molest and murder 4 girls
Serial killer Tsutomu Miyazaki abducts and murders girls aged four to seven. -
New religious movement organization Murder 12 people
Aum Shinrikyo members conduct simultaneous attacks on multiple Tokyo Metro trains using sarin nerve gas, killing 12 and injuring more than 1000. -
Murder 3 people
Three employees of a supermarket are found shot dead in a suspected robbery. Despite massive publicity, the case is still unsolved. -
Super Free Rape Club - 500 rape victims
Students of Japanese universities in Tokyo rape women in a circle Super Free. A organizer Shinichiro Wada and 13 other members are arrested for gang rapes. The estimated number of rape victims are up to 500.
