List of mass shootings in Japan

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This article is a list of mass shootings in Japan. Mass shootings are firearm-related violence with at least four casualties. Excluded are shootings and massacres associated with the Imperial Japanese Army, acts of war and other colonial conflicts.

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The data includes casualties of perpetrators, including self-inflicted gunshot or shooting of a perpetrator by police. The treatment of perpetrator casualties is at variance to some but not all definitions of a mass shooting used in the United States. The inclusion of injured victims in the data is also at variance with some of the US definitions that only include dead victims. However, the above treatment is consistent with that used in other Wikipedia lists of mass shootings by country.

21st century

DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescription
25–26 May 2023 Nakano, Nagano Prefecture 404 2023 Nagano attack: A man killed four people in a shooting and stabbing attack. [1] [2]
30 August 2016 Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture 2 [n 1] 35A construction employee convicted of drug offenses opened fire at a workplace meeting on the day his jailing was scheduled, killing one person and wounding three others. The gunman killed himself the following day after barricading himself in a building. [3]
12 January 2010 Habikino, Osaka Prefecture 4 [n 1] 04 2010 Habikino shooting: A man shot and killed three people at a bar, including the gunman's mother-in-law, before he committed suicide. [4] [5]
6 November 2009 Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture 1 [n 1] 34A Yakuza member shot and wounded three men during a discussion before hiding in a building and fatally shooting himself. [6]
14 December 2007 Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture 3 [n 1] 69 2007 Sasebo shooting: A man shot and killed two people and wounded six others at a gym before he committed suicide at a nearby Catholic church. [7] [8] [9] [10]
17–18 May 2007 Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture 134 Nagakute hostage incident: A man took his ex-wife hostage in a siege that lasted 29 hours and resulted in the death of a SAT member of the Aichi Prefectural Police, as well as injuries to another officer, his ex-wife, and child. [11] [12] [13]

20th century

DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescription
27 February 1984 Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture 134 1984 JSDF Yamaguchi training ground shooting incident: A Ground Self-Defense Force corporal shot four other soldiers during a training exercise, fatally wounding one. He was arrested five hours later. [14]
31 January 1980 Kumano, Mie Prefecture 8 [n 1] [n 2] 311A farmer shot his two sisters, brother, and brother-in-law to death with a shotgun after killing his mother and two children with an axe. The gunman also wounded his wife and two neighbors before committing suicide. [15]
26 January 1979 Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 4611 Mitsubishi Bank hostage incident: A multiple hostage bank robbery that left several people dead and wounded.
6 November 1975 Aki, Kōchi Prefecture 628 1975 Aki shooting: A man shot and killed six neighbours and injured two others. [16]
29 July 1965 Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture and Shibuya, Tokyo 11718 Zama and Shibuya shootings: A double spree shootings in which a man shot and killed one police officer and wounded seventeen others. [17]
21 May 1938 Kamo, Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture 31 [n 1] 334 Tsuyama massacre: A man killed 30 people, [18] including his grandmother, with a Browning shotgun, katana, and axe, and seriously injured three others before killing himself with the shotgun in a spree killing. He was motivated by revenge for sexual and social rejection. It is the deadliest shooting by a lone gunman in Japanese history.
May 1928 Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture 8-12 [n 1] 08-12 Kobe shooting: Seven or Eleven Japanese were shot and killed by a Chinese man in Kobe in a revenge attack for the 1928 Jinan incident. The man later committed suicide.

19th century

DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescription
25 May 1893 Chihayaakasaka, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture 13 [n 1] 013 Kawachi Jūningiri: Two men killed eleven people, including an infant. The roots of the killings were both emotional and financial. They both committed suicide after the murders.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Including the perpetrator or suspect
  2. ↑ Five by gunfire

References

  1. ↑ Khalil, Shaimaa; FitzGerald, James (25 May 2023). "Nagano: Rare gun and knife attack in Japan leaves four dead". BBC News. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "長野 中野市立てこもり【速報中】 男の身柄確保 女性死亡 死者4人に". NHKニュース. 26 May 2023. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Japan gunman shoots himself dead after standoff with police". The Straits Times. 31 August 2016. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Deadly shooting at bar in western Japan". BBC. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "Gunman Kills 2, Wounds 1 in Japanese Bar Shooting". ABC News . 12 January 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "Gangster, 62, dead after Japan gun rampage". NBC News. Associated Press. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Gunman opens fire at Japanese gym and kills two". Reuters . 14 December 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Three dead in Japan shooting". The Age . 16 December 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Gunman flees after shooting up Japanese sports club". CBC News . 14 December 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "Japan: Sports centre gunman found dead". Irish Examiner . 15 December 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Gunman in Japan standoff surrenders". www.vaildaily.com. 18 May 2007. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  12. ↑ Hanai, Toru (17 May 2007). "Police nab Japan gangster after 24-hr standoff". Reuters . Archived from the original on 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "Gangster who killed cop gets life" . The Japan Times . 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  14. ↑ "４０年前にも山口の駐屯地で自衛官が銃乱射". The Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 14 June 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  15. ↑ "Irate Japanese man kills 7 in family, himself". The Daily Breeze. 1 February 1980. p. 7. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  16. ↑ "Toothpick Executive Kills Five Neighbors". Idaho Statesman . 16 November 2023. Archived from the original on 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  17. ↑ "Ano Shikeishū no Saigo no Shunkan" (in Japanese). Books Kinokuniya . Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  18. ↑ 理不尽な凶行、遺族ら「無念」…秋葉原無差別殺傷事件 (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. 9 June 2008. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
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