Man arrested after fatal stabbing of woman in Shinjuku Ward

Woman fatally stabbed in Tokyo, possibly while livestreaming

A woman in her 20s died Tuesday after being stabbed on a street in downtown Tokyo, with a man arrested at the scene with two knives in his possession, police says.

Man arrested after fatal stabbing of woman in Shinjuku Ward

The suspect is said to have approached the woman in her 20s near Takadanobaba Station and stabbed her without warning as she walked, apparently livestreaming, investigators said.

Woman in 20s Believed Live-streaming on Tokyo Street Stabbed to Death; Man at Scene Arrested

An emergency call was made to the police at around 9:50 a.m. Tuesday reporting that a woman had been stabbed by a man with a knife on a street in Takadanobaba, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo. When officers from the Totsuka Police Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrived at the scene, they found a woman in her 20s lying on the ground with stab wounds to her head, neck and chest.