Cases · Japan
Japan
Casepin documents 47 cases in Japan, spanning the 1860s to the 2020s — 7 remain unsolved. The most-documented file is Murder of Junko Furuta in Tokyo.
Published cases
- Murder of Junko Furuta1980sWakasu, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan (body recovery site)SOLVED
- Setagaya family murders2000sKamisoshigaya, Setagaya, Tokyo, JapanUNSOLVED
- 1945 Katsuyama killing incidentYear on fileKatsuyama, Nago, Okinawa, JapanUNSOLVED
- 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing1972Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters, Marunouchi, Tokyo, JapanSOLVED
- 2010 Habikino shooting2010Near Eganoshō Station, Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- 2019 Tokyo car attack2018Takeshita Street, Harajuku, Shibuya, Tokyo, JapanSOLVED
- 2021 Osaka Building Fire2021Dojima Kita Building, Kita-ku, Osaka, JapanSOLVED
- 2023 Nagano attack2023Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Amakasu Incident1923Tokyo, JapanSOLVED
- Ashikaga murder case1990Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, JapanOVERTURNED
- Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma1960Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, JapanSOLVED
- Assassination of Shinzo Abe2022Near Yamato-Saidaiji Station, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Disappearance of Asami Chida2001Muroran, Iburi, Hokkaido, JapanUNSOLVED
- Disappearance of Tiphaine Véron2018Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, JapanUNSOLVED
- Fukuoka family murder case2003Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanSOLVED
- Killing of Naka Sakai (Girard incident)1957Sōmagahara Air Base, Soma, Gunma Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Killing of the Hakamada Family (Hakamata Incident)1966Shizuoka Prefecture, JapanOVERTURNED
- Inokashira Park dismemberment incident1994Inokashira Park, between Mitaka and Musashino, Tokyo, JapanCOLD
- Kawasaki stabbings2019Near Noborito Station, Tama ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung1973Hotel Grand Palace, Tokyo, JapanSOLVED
- Killing of Satomi Mitarai2004Okubo Elementary School, Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Killing of Yasuko Watanabe1997Maruyamacho, Shibuya, Tokyo, JapanOVERTURNED
- Kinomoto Incident1926Kinomoto-chō, Minamimuro District, Mie Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Assassination of Ōkubo Toshimichi (Kioichō Incident)1878Shimizudani, Kioichō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, JapanSOLVED
- Kawachi killings of 18931893Kawachi (historical province), Osaka Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Kyoto Animation arson attack2019Kyoto Animation Studio 1, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, JapanSOLVED
- Luffy robberies2022Japan (multiple prefectures); suspects based in the PhilippinesONGOING
- Midori-sō incident1981Midori-sō apartment building, Rokubo-chō, Oita City, Oita Prefecture, JapanUNSOLVED
- Murder of Aiwa Matsuo2014Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Murder of Lindsay Hawker2007Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Murder of Rie Isogai2007Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Murder of Ryōta Uemura2015Tama River bank, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Murder of Shiori Ino1999Okegawa Station, Okegawa, Saitama Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Murder of Yoshie Sato2006Near Yokosuka-Chūō Station, Yokosuka, JapanSOLVED
- Murders of Jun Hase and Ayaka Yamashita1997Suma Ward, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Murder of Sakurako Hagi and Kaede Hagi (Osaka child abandonment case)2010Osaka, JapanSOLVED
- Osaka movie theatre fire2008Nanba, Osaka, JapanSOLVED
- Sagamihara stabbings2016Tsukui Yamayuri En care facility, Midori Ward, SagamiharaSOLVED
- Murder of the Sakamoto family1989Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan (city-level; exact apartment address not specified in sources)SOLVED
- Sakatayama double suicide1932Mt. Sakata, Ōiso town, Kanagawa Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Sakuradamon Incident (1860)1860Sakurada Gate, Edo Castle, Tokyo, JapanSOLVED
- Sayama incident1963Sayama, Saitama, JapanSOLVED
- Setagaya family murder2000Kamisoshigaya, Setagaya, Tokyo, JapanUNSOLVED
- Tokaido Shinkansen stabbings2018Tokaido Shinkansen, Kanagawa Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Murder of five residents in Mitake, Yamaguchi2013Mitake, Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, JapanSOLVED
- Yanaka Five-Storied Pagoda Double-Suicide Arson Case1957Yanaka Cemetery, Taitō, Tokyo, JapanSOLVED
- Murder of Yumiko Nagayama (Yumiko-chan incident)1955Kadena Air Base area, Kadena, Okinawa, JapanSOLVED