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A knife-wielding man kills a woman at a Tokyo Pokemon shop before taking his own life
The attacker and employee both died after the stabbing at a crowded Pokémon store during Japan's spring break, with prior stalking complaints reported, police said.
- On Thursday, a man in his 20s stabbed a female employee at the Pokemon Centerin in Sunshine City, Tokyo, before stabbing himself; both were pronounced dead within an hour, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said.
- Before Thursday, police had received stalking complaints from a person believed to be the deceased woman, Asahi newspaper reported, suggesting a potential prior threat or motive.
- Videos showed shoppers running away as the store, crowded with more than 100 customers including children and tourists, descended into chaos; a witness told Asahi they heard a woman screaming "help!" amid falling shelves.
- Pokemon said the Ikebukuro store and its adjacent Pikachu Sweets cafe will remain closed until further notice, pledging full cooperation with Police and prioritizing staff's physical and mental care.
- Strict gun controls in Japan mean knife attacks are a more common form of public violence, with NHK reporting multiple stabbing incidents on trains and at railway stations in recent years.
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Employee at Tokyo Pokemon shop killed in knife attack
A female employee at a Pokemon merchandise shop was stabbed to death in Tokyo on Thursday (March 26), and the suspected assailant also died after stabbing himself, shocking shoppers during children's spring break season in Japan.
Woman fatally stabbed by her stalker in a Tokyo Pokémon store
A female employee at a Pokémon store in Tokyo was stabbed to death on Thursday. The crime has shocked the country, which saw a record number of stalking cases in 2025. CNN’s Hanako Montgomery reports.
Killer of Pokémon Store Clerk Was Ex-Boyfriend Who Was Arrested for Stalking Her Earlier This Year, Japanese Media Report
On March 26, a female store clerk at Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo in Japan was fatally stabbed by a man, who then turned the weapon on himself. Both died of their injuries in hospital later that evening. Today, Japanese news outlets have revealed that the perpetrator was the victim’s former boyfriend, and had previously been arrested for stalking her.An employee at the Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo, Moe Harukawa (21) was stabbed multiple times by Daiki…
Woman Stabbed to Death at Tokyo Pokemon Center; Suspect Dead After Slashing Own Neck
A female clerk in her 20s was stabbed in the neck and other parts of her body by a man wielding a knife at Pokemon Center Mega Tokyo in the Sunshine City shopping complex in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, on Thursday night, according to the police.
It Was a Dream Job: Employee in Her 20s Dies in Stalker Knife Attack at Japanese Pokémon Center. An incident occurred at the Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo inside Sunshine City at Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo, Japan, where a female employee in her 20s was killed by a knife wielded by her former boyfriend. According to NHK and the Asahi Shimbun on the 27th, at 7 p.m. the previous day
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