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

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  2. ↑ Fox News:Fire at Japanese Adult Video Theater Kills 15
  3. ↑ Channel News Asia Five Children, Women dead in Japan 'arson attack':Reports
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