DiscoverJapanese True Crime026 Tokyo's Shibuya Station Shooting: The Life and Crimes of Tokuhisa Kumagai - Unraveling Japan's first public assassination by a crime boss and its shocking aftermath in 1960.
026 Tokyo's Shibuya Station Shooting: The Life and Crimes of Tokuhisa Kumagai - Unraveling Japan's first public assassination by a crime boss and its shocking aftermath in 1960.

026 Tokyo's Shibuya Station Shooting: The Life and Crimes of Tokuhisa Kumagai - Unraveling Japan's first public assassination by a crime boss and its shocking aftermath in 1960.

Update: 2025-09-26
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The Shibuya Station Shooting Incident occurred on June 23, 2004, when Tokuhisa Kumagai shot a station employee at Tokyo Metro’s Shibuya Station during a robbery attempt. Prior to this, he had committed several violent crimes, including arson at Tokyo Station and the fatal shooting of a Chinese restaurant owner in Yokohama. Kumagai, with a long history of criminal behavior dating back to his youth, was arrested on June 26, 2004. In 2011, the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for him, emphasizing the planned nature and danger of his crimes, despite there being only one murder victim—an exceptional decision under Japanese law. Kumagai was executed in 2013. Born in 1940 (or 1938 under another identity), he had a troubled upbringing as a war orphan, eventually turning to crime. His criminal record included theft, gambling, assault, and armed robbery. His later offenses were driven by financial desperation to start a business.


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026 Tokyo's Shibuya Station Shooting: The Life and Crimes of Tokuhisa Kumagai - Unraveling Japan's first public assassination by a crime boss and its shocking aftermath in 1960.

026 Tokyo's Shibuya Station Shooting: The Life and Crimes of Tokuhisa Kumagai - Unraveling Japan's first public assassination by a crime boss and its shocking aftermath in 1960.

Osamu Yamamoto