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Crime in Japan

Shootings and assaults reported by local news and official channels, collected from public sources and shown with their number of independent sources and a confidence score. These are counts of reports, not official crime statistics.

What is counted: Shooting, Assault.

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Live counts

1Last 24 hours
11Last 7 days
11Last 30 days
11Recorded in total

Last alert:

30-day snapshot

2026-09-25: 02026-09-26: 02026-09-27: 02026-09-28: 02026-09-29: 02026-09-30: 02026-10-01: 02026-10-02: 02026-10-03: 02026-10-04: 02026-10-05: 02026-10-06: 02026-10-07: 02026-10-08: 02026-10-09: 02026-10-10: 02026-10-11: 02026-10-12: 02026-10-13: 02026-10-14: 02026-10-15: 02026-10-16: 02026-10-17: 02026-10-18: 02026-10-19: 22026-10-20: 22026-10-21: 42026-10-22: 12026-10-23: 22026-10-24: 0

Busiest day: 2026-10-21 (4)

By type

Shooting6
Assault5

Cities with the most alerts

Kobe (6)
Tokyo (2)
Hannō (1)
Hiroshima (1)
Osaka (1)

Recent alerts

alertsTypeLast seensourcesconfidence
Subordinate slashed boss with "knife" approximately 1m long; arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Kure City, Hiroshima - Livedoor News · HiroshimaAssault431/100 verified
A man in his 20s was attacked with a knife at a convenience store in Akishima, Tokyo, and the man is on the run – Quebee – QAB Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting · TokyoAssault1154/100 verified
Former gang leader arrested again on suspicion of murder, serial shooting in Kobe... ``I was dissatisfied because things didn't go my way'' when offering a real estate deal - Yahoo! News · KobeShooting323/100 verified
Kobe serial shooting incident Former organized crime group member (79) to be re-arrested on the 21st on suspicion of murder ``I got in trouble over a real estate transaction'' Hyogo Prefectural Police - FNN Prime Online · KobeShooting1839/100 verified
Man re-arrested on suspicion of murder in Kobe serial shootings · KobeShooting1039/100 verified
A 79-year-old former member of the gang was re-arrested on suspicion of murdering the dead man after a series of shootings left two people dead. Is there a real estate problem? [Hyogo/Kobe City] - Infoseek · KobeShooting239/100 unverified
Kobe serial shooting suspect has ``problem over real estate'' with dead man; Hyogo Prefectural Police re-arrests suspect on murder charge | Society - Kobe Shimbun · KobeShooting2539/100 verified
Suspect ``had financial trouble'' arrested for stabbing company executive Osaka (Mainichi Shimbun) - Yahoo! News · OsakaAssault539/100 verified
``Trouble with real estate'' statement: Kobe serial shooting case re-arrested - Excite Excite · KobeShooting1939/100 verified
Violence in Tor Sapienza, "They killed my friend and stabbed me because I was black: they were Italian" - la Repubblica · HannōAssault145/100 verified
Man dies after being stabbed with a knife; man who ran away is captured and arrested on suspicion of murder, partially denied Video - Asahi Shimbun · TokyoAssault231/100 unverified

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