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Japan Times
08-07-2025
- Japan Times
Many wounds found on women killed in Hamamatsu girls bar, police say
Many stab wounds and scratches have been found on the bodies of two women who were killed at a girls bar in Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday, it has been learned. The wounds were primarily located on their upper bodies, including their backs, investigative sources said. In the incident, Tomoka Takeuchi, the 27-year-old manager of the bar in the city of Hamamatsu, and Rin Ito, 26, an employee of the bar, died after being stabbed repeatedly. The crime took place around 1 a.m. Sunday. The suspect, Ichiro Yamashita, a 41-year-old unemployed man, was arrested on the scene the same day for attempted murder. The Shizuoka Prefectural Police Department sent Yamashita to public prosecutors on Monday, revising his charges to murder. The police are investigating details including Yamashita's motives, believing that the suspect had a strong intent to kill the victims. According to the sources, Yamashita drove Ito to the bar in his car. He entered the bar with Ito, holding what appeared to be a knife with a 20-centimeter curved blade in each hand. Soon after that, Yamashita assaulted Takeuchi. The suspect then chased Ito, who fled the bar, and attacked her from behind in a hallway of the building where the bar is located, the sources said. Yamashita was arrested on a nearby street by police officers who rushed to the scene. Other employees and several customers were in the bar at the time of the incident. None of them were injured. Yamashita admitted to the allegations against him, telling the police that it was true that he had stabbed the two women, according to the sources.
Japan Times
07-07-2025
- Japan Times
Customer allegedly stabs girls bar manager and employee to death in Shizuoka
A customer allegedly stabbed to death two women working at a girls bar, where female staff serve drinks, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in the early hours of Sunday. The two — the bar manager, Tomoka Takeuchi, 27, and an employee, Rin Ito, 26 — were later confirmed dead at a hospital. The cause of death is believed to be hemorrhagic shock. The Shizuoka Prefectural Police arrested the attacker, Ichiro Yamashita, 41, an unemployed resident of the city of Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, on the spot on suspicion of attempted murder. He has admitted to the charges. The police plan to upgrade the charges to murder as they investigate further details. According to the police, Yamashita had visited the bar several times before the incident. On the day of the attack, he entered the bar with Ito, holding a knife in each hand. He immediately stabbed Takeuchi and Ito multiple times in the back and other parts of their bodies. There were five or six other people in the store at the time, but none of them were injured.
NHK
07-07-2025
- NHK
Hamamatsu 'girls bar' stabbing suspect drove victim to crime scene
Police say the man arrested after stabbing two women to death at a bar in central Japan had driven one of the victims to the crime scene. Police arrested 41-year-old Yamashita Ichiro early on Sunday in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, at an establishment known in Japan as a "girls bar." They say Yamashita entered the bar carrying two knives known as "kukri," with curved blades. They say he first stabbed the 27-year-old manager, Takeuchi Tomoka, multiple times in the back and then stabbed one of the employees, 26-year-old Ito Rin, outside the bar. Both women were later confirmed dead. Police have since learned that Yamashita drove Ito to the bar, even though she was not scheduled to work that day. They say he may have threatened Ito to accompany him to the bar. Police say Yamashita was a regular at the establishment.
NHK
06-07-2025
- NHK
Man stabs two women to death, at 'girls bar' in Hamamatsu
A man has stabbed two women to death at the bar where they worked in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Police arrested 41-year-old Yamashita Ichiro at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder. He stabbed the two women at around 1 a.m. on Sunday and they were later confirmed dead. The establishment is what is known in Japan as a "girls bar," offering drinks and female companionship. Police say the suspect entered with one of the employees, 26-year-old Ito Rin. The suspect first stabbed the manager, 27-year-old Takeuchi Tomoka, in the back multiple times. He then stabbed Ito. The suspect entered the bar carrying two knives known as "kukri," with curved blades around 20 centimeters long. Police say the suspect is a resident of the city of Fukuroi, also in Shizuoka, and has admitted stabbing the women. Police also say Yamashita was a regular at the bar, and there were other employees and customers there at the time of the incident. Police are holding the man on suspicion of murder and are investigating the details.
NHK
02-06-2025
- General
- NHK
Driver arrested after car plunges onto expressway in central Japan
Police have arrested the driver of a car that fell onto an expressway in central Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture, sending two children to a hospital. The man is suspected of driving without a license and fleeing the scene after abandoning the vehicle. The passenger car broke through a roadside barrier in the city of Hamamatsu on Sunday afternoon and plunged onto the Tomei Expressway. Police say the two children inside the vehicle were taken to a hospital, but neither was injured. Emergency officials say one of them is 8 years old and the other is aged 7. Police had been searching for the driver, who fled the scene. They arrested 47-year-old Kurebayashi Akiya on Monday, who claims to be jobless and to live in the city of Omaezaki in Shizuoka Prefecture. The police have not disclosed whether the suspect has admitted to the charges. They say investigators found Kurebayashi walking alone in Hamamatsu earlier in the day. They say his driver's license was revoked about 10 years ago, and that the car was registered under someone else's name. They say the two children are not related to the man by family or blood, but they also say there is no indication of abduction. Investigators are looking into what kind of relationship they are in and other details of the incident, including why the suspect left the scene.
