TOKYO -- A man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for stabbing a male university student at the Tokyo Metro's Todaimae Station has stated he wanted to highlight the downside of excessive ...

More youths are feeling isolated in Japan, and some among them will not hesitate to carry out acts of extreme violence, analysts say A spate of knife attacks in Japan carried out by teenagers ...

Yoshitaka Toda, 43, was arrested Wednesday evening at Todai-mae Station in the Japanese capital on suspicion of assaulting a man in his 20s, a police spokesman told AFP. The suspect "with the ...

Yoshitaka Toda, 43, was arrested yesterday evening at Todai-mae Station in the Japanese capital on suspicion of assaulting a man in his 20s, a police spokesman told AFP. The suspect ...

TOKYO -- A man under arrest for allegedly slashing a male passenger at Tokyo Metro's Todaimae Station has reportedly cited "educational abuse by my parents" as a motive behind the crime.

Yoshitaka Toda, 43, was arrested Wednesday evening at Todai-mae Station in the Japanese capital on suspicion of assaulting a man in his 20s, said a police spokesman. The suspect “with the intent ...

Yoshitaka Toda, the suspect apprehended over the knife attack, leaves Motofuji Police Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on May 7, 2025. (Mainichi/Yuka Asahina) TOKYO -- A man arrested on suspicion of ...

Tokyo police said Thursday they had charged a man with attempted murder after an alleged knife attack on the subway that reportedly injured two people during rush hour the previous day. Yoshitaka ...