Korean woman stabbed to death in Tokyo

Published: 01 Sep. 2025, 18:30

Japanese police investigate the site in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 1 where a Korean woman was attacked. [YONHAP]

 
A Korean woman in her 40s died after being attacked in a residential neighborhood in Tokyo on Monday. 
 
Kyodo News reported on Monday that the woman was found bleeding and collapsed in Setagaya Ward that afternoon. Emergency services took her to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. 
 
 
The site is approximately 500 meters (1,640 feet) northeast of Komazawa-daigaku Station.
 
Police found what appeared to be stab wounds on her neck. TBS Television reported that no weapon was recovered at the scene. Investigators believe a man in his 20s or 30s attacked the victim before fleeing, and they are searching for him on suspicion of murder.
 
The victim was a self-employed Korean national, Japan’s Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to TBS. 

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