61-year-old man found dead in Chiba hospital car park

Wednesday 13th August, 05:30 PM JST

CHIBA —

A 61-year-old man was found Tuesday morning stabbed to death inside his car at a hospital’s car park in Togane City, Chiba Prefecture.

Kiyoshi Miyazaki, 61, was discovered inside his car by a passerby at around 6 a.m, he had been stabbed in the chest and arms. According to police investigations, the window of the car was broken from outside but belongings including 80,000 yen cash and a mobile phone were left inside the car. Police said the victim seemed to have been killed inside the car.

Miyazaki runs a restaurant in the city and lives together with his wife, 51 and daughter, 14. He was with his friends until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, police said.

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cleo at 06:53 PM JST - 13th August

Dunno whether he was an old fogie or not (you can be 30 and a fogie), but at 61 he wasn't an OAP. He wouldn't have been eligible for a pension for another few years.

Don't really know what to make of this. It doesn't sound like he was attacked for his money.....
sensei258 at 08:41 PM JST - 13th August

Sounds like somebody had a grudge. Breaking a window to get at the guy would seem to indicate it may not have been random. No money stolen, better check the wife. Maybe a jealous lover???
OgieDoggie at 12:20 AM JST - 14th August

Now class from this story we can conclude:

a. Gun control in Japan is working because NO Guns means NO Crime. (Apparently people being stabbed by knife isn't much of a crime in Japan).

b.apparently being a restaurant owner is VERY dangerous occupation in Japan because there have been two other stories in the last 5 days of a restaurant owners being stabbed to death.
serindipity at 10:17 AM JST - 14th August

It was his wife going for his pension!
bamboohat at 11:52 AM JST - 14th August

suicide. I saw this once on CSI.
helloklitty at 11:59 AM JST - 14th August

at 61 he wasn't an OAP. He wouldn't have been eligible for a pension for another few years.

He was self-employed. Wouldn't he have been eligible for a pension after 40 enrollment periods? That is possible, but I don't claim to know the answer.

I would assume his life insurance and his personal savings would be a much larger sum than the pension.
cleo at 12:12 PM JST - 14th August

You have to have 40 years of payments to be eligible for the full pension, but age is also a factor. Pension used to be paid from age 60, but it's gradually being raised; a person retiring this year will not receive a pension until they reach 64. So he wasn't an OAP.
serindipity at 12:43 PM JST - 14th August

Pension or life insurance! Either way, the first suspect would be his wife, then his kids, then his mates. It's also a little odd that he was found in a hospital carpark. Why was he there?
dennis0bauer at 03:18 PM JST - 18th August

chiba? another nut?