List of massacres in Japan
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Japan:
| Name | Date | Location | Perpetrator | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinano River incident | July 1922 | Shinano River | Okura zaibatsu | 26 | Documentation on death incomplete |
| Kantō Massacre | September, 1923 | Kantō region | militaries, police and vigilantes | at least 6,000 | |
| Tsuyama massacre | May 21, 1938 | Tsuyama | Mutsuo Toi | 30 | 3 injured |
| Sakamoto family murder | November 4, 1989 | Yokohama | Aum Shinrikyo | 3 | |
| Matsumoto incident | June 27–28, 1994 | Matsumoto | Aum Shinrikyo | 8 | 500+ injured[1] |
| Tokyo subway sarin attack | March 20, 1995 | Tokyo | Aum Shinrikyo | 13 | 6,252 injured |
| Shimonoseki Station massacre | September 29, 1999 | Shimonoseki | Yasuaki Uwabe | 5 | 10 injured |
| Setagaya family murder | December 30, 2000 | Setagaya | Unknown | 4 | Perpetrator never caught |
| Osaka school massacre | June 8, 2001 | Ikeda | Mamoru Takuma | 8 | 15 injured |
| Myojo 56 building fire | September 1, 2001 | Shinjuku | Unknown | 44 | Perpetrator never caught |
| Akihabara massacre | June 8, 2008 | Chiyoda | Tomohiro Katō | 7 | 10 injured |
| Osaka Movie Theater fire [2] | October 1, 2008 | Osaka | Kazuhiro Ogawa | 16 | Perpetrator's name never revealed to the public. |
| Sagamihara stabbings | July 26, 2016 | Sagamihara | Satoshi Uematsu | 19 | 26 injured |
| Hitachi City apartment arson [3] | October 6, 2017 | Ibaraki | Hirobumi Komatsu | 6 |
References[edit]
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- ^ Fox News:Fire at Japanese Adult Video Theater Kills 15
- ^ Channel News Asia Five Children, Women dead in Japan 'arson attack':Reports
