Ground Self-Defense Force member arrested over stabbing in Tokyo’s Akasaka

TOKYO – A Ground Self-Defense Force member in his 40s was arrested Saturday for attempted murder after a woman in her 40s was stabbed and suffered serious injuries in Tokyo’s Akasaka district days earlier, an investigative source said.

A man was seen fleeing the scene by bicycle after the incident occurred last Sunday morning outside a live music venue in the basement of a building. The woman was a musician scheduled to perform later that afternoon.