Man Found Dead in Tokyo Apartment Has Defensive Wounds

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Jan 9, 2026 12:02 (JST)

Tokyo, Jan. 9 (Jiji Press)–A man found dead bleeding massively at an apartment in Tokyo’s Ota Ward on Thursday has what appeared to be defensive wounds on the fingers of both hands, it was learned Friday.

The victim was identified as Akihiro Kawashima, 44, president of an audio equipment-related company.

Footage from a nearby security camera showed Kawashima in a suit returning home to the apartment alone around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, and nothing unusual was observed, according to sources at the investigation headquarters set up at the Metropolitan Police Department’s Omori police station in the ward. Investigators suspect he was attacked later.

According to the sources, Kawashima lived alone in a two-bedroom apartment with a dining room and a kitchen.

He was found face down in the dining room-kitchen area, with stab wounds in more than 10 areas including the neck, stomach and thigh. He may have died of blood loss, the sources said.

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