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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.
07-07-2025
Dozens of Wounds Found on Women Killed in Central Japan Girl Bar
News from Japan Jul 8, 2025 08:34 (JST) Shizuoka, July 8 (Jiji Press)--Dozens of stab wounds and scratches have been found on the bodies of the two women who were killed at a girl bar in central Japan 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, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Rin Ito, 26, an employee of the bar, died after being stabbed several times, including in the back. The crime took place around 1 a.m. Sunday. The suspect, Ichiro Yamashita, a 41-year-old jobless man, was arrested on the scene the same day and was sent to public prosecutors Monday for alleged murder. The Shizuoka prefectural police department is investigating details, including Yamashita's motives, believing that the suspect had a strong intent to kill the victims. [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.] Jiji Press
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.
