There is virtually no violent crime...

in Japan - or so the Japanese claim... However, in the October ~ December period, here are but a smidgen of "samples":

  • Woman arrested for stabbing 8-year-old classmate of her son
  • 3 people dead, 1 injured after knife, sword attack at Tokyo shrine
  • Japan's 'Black Widow' gets death sentence for killing lovers
  • Japan suspect ‘killed nine over two months’
  • Man’s life sentence for killing 17-year-old girl upheld by high court
  • Man fatally stabbed at Chiba factory
  • 12-year-old boy questioned over knife attack on woman in Sapporo
  • Man arrested for stabbing 62-year-old mother to death in Aomori Pref
  • Woman arrested after remains of 4 infants found in concrete in buckets at home
  • Woman arrested for attempted murder of 11-month-old son
  • Man arrested over death of woman in Chiba love hotel
  • Man arrested for attempting to kill hospitalized aunt
  • Man arrested over death of homeless man on Tokyo riverbank
  • 46-year-old man arrested for attempting to kill 3-year-old boy in shopping mall
  • Man arrested for killing 84-year-old mother of ex-wife
  • Man arrested over death of woman whose skeletonized body was found on his apartment balcony
  • Woman arrested for killing husband with cooking pot
  • Man arrested for hitting 6 people with car after argument at karaoke lounge
  • Man gets life in prison over fatal stabbing rampage in Hokkaido mall
  • Man loses appeal over life imprisonment for killing taxi driver in Akita
  • Man arrested on suspicion of attempting to kidnap 12-year-old girl in Aichi
  • Man arrested over girlfriend’s murder in Osaka
  • Man arrested for attempted murder of wife in Tokyo apartment
  • Suspect in murder of woman and her common-law husband's son
  • 19-year-old daughter stabs father in back
  • Man questioned over death of 66-year-old mother
  • Man arrested over death of woman whose body was dumped on Tokyo road
  • Gang member arrested after shooting in Tokushima coffee shop
  • Man arrested for stabbing woman in supermarket parking lot
  • Man gets 20 years for killing former cram school classmate
  • Man arrested for threatening to kill truck driver who warned him of reckless driving
  • Mother arrested on suspicion of fatally abusing 4-year-old son
  • 72-year-old man arrested for killing bedridden wife
  • Woman arrested for attempted murder of 9-year-old son, and her mother
  • Woman arrested over murder of husband in Tochigi
  • Man arrested for causing death of two in Tomei Expressway crash following argument
  • Man arrested for fatally beating 78-year-old mother over 3 days
  • Man in prison for attempted murder arrested for killing woman in Kawasaki tunnel in 2006
  • Man arrested over wife’s murder in Hokkaido