033 The Paris Cannibal Case:When justice faltered between nations. Issei Sagawa's horrific murder & cannibalism in Paris revealed stark differences in Fr & Jp approaches to criminal insanity.
The Paris Cannibal Case refers to a gruesome murder that occurred on June 11, 1981, in France. The perpetrator was Issei Sagawa, a 32-year-old Japanese exchange student who killed, sexually violated, ...
14 Nov 20259min
032 Fukuoka's Shadows: The 1951 Serial Robbery-Murders and Their Lingering Echoes. - Exploring the Crimes of Furuya and Sakamoto and Their Impact on Post-War Japan
The Fukuoka Serial Robbery-Murder Case of 1951 involved two individuals: Sōkichi Furuya, 37, and his accomplice, Noboru Sakamoto, 19. Sakamoto, originally from Manchuria, faced significant hardships a...
7 Nov 202512min
031 Kobe's Tragedy: The 1997 Child Murders and Their Lasting Impact - Exploring the Case of 'Boy A' and Its Influence on Japan's Juvenile Justice System
The Kobe child murders, also known as the Sakakibara Seito case, were a series of shocking crimes committed by a 14-year-old junior high school student in Suma Ward, Kobe, Japan, between February and...
31 Okt 202521min
030 "The Ōokayama–Senju Serial Murders: A Tale of Two Families, One Killer" Uncovering Japan’s 1920s unsolved murders that revealed police missteps and a chilling connection across years.
The Ōokayama–Senju Serial Murders refer to two connected family homicide cases that occurred in Tokyo during the 1920s. On September 5, 1925, in Ōokayama (present-day Meguro, Tokyo), three people — a ...
24 Okt 202515min
028 The Hotel Nihonkaku Murders A tale of greed and betrayal in 1950s Japan, where a woman's dream of hotel ownership led to a deadly conspiracy and double homicide.
The Hotel Nihonkaku Murder Case, uncovered in 1961, involved a series of calculated killings orchestrated by K, a woman driven by ambition to own a hot spring inn. In 1958, K learned that Hotel Nihonk...
10 Okt 202516min
027 Murder in Kanda: Yamamoto Senji, a critic of oppressive laws, was killed in 1929 by a nationalist who demanded his resignation and suicide.
Kuroda Koichi, born in Kakishima Village as the second son of village council member Kuroda Tanezaburo, was a bright student whose academic aspirations were curtailed due to family financial difficul...
3 Okt 202515min
026 Tokyo's Shibuya Station Shooting: The Life and Crimes of Tokuhisa Kumagai - Unraveling Japan's first public assassination by a crime boss and its shocking aftermath in 1960.
The Shibuya Station Shooting Incident occurred on June 23, 2004, when Tokuhisa Kumagai shot a station employee at Tokyo Metro’s Shibuya Station during a robbery attempt. Prior to this, he had committe...
26 Sep 202514min
025 The 1980 Nagoya University Student Kidnapping and Murder Case
In December 1980, in Nagoya, Japan, 22-year-old university student A was abducted and murdered by 30-year-old sushi shop employee Shuji Kimura. Kimura lured A under the pretense of an English tutorin...
19 Sep 202527min
