Woman stabbed after being asked for directions near Yokohama station

Monday 02nd March, 01:10 PM JST

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seesaw at 02:10 PM JST - 2nd March

Yea..that typical 'J career woman' type..a snob to men in lesser social status....
OneForAll at 02:14 PM JST - 2nd March

Had brown eyes and black hair. Love it. They should have video cameras out and about. Probably do. Then how does one find someone after he is identified?
Proffessor at 02:21 PM JST - 2nd March

I always pass through this side of the station. They have CCTV all around the place. Fishing out the culprit should not be difficult at all.
nidu at 02:37 PM JST - 2nd March

A sudden attack without any reason without any warning, a typical japanese crimenology.
bamboohat at 04:49 PM JST - 2nd March

you don't carry a knife around quick draw style just in case you get snubbed. this fool was looking to stab somebody, this was just his excuse.

Glad she wasn't serioulsy injured, or killed.
BBLeo at 06:40 PM JST - 2nd March

I wonder if this attacker is also unemployed. Cops should speed up search and nab him before someone else get hurt.
noborito at 09:29 PM JST - 2nd March

Bet the hotel was within 10 meters. people in and around Tokyo (including Yokohama and Kawasaki) used to be kind and helpful. Typical Japanese. Now this true polite Japanese behavior, which made this country famous, has goes the way side of self important non-caring western style lifestyle.

This guy just went way over the edge.

Now if she would have just taken a few seconds to think.

I personally have helped more than 10 people over the last month in and around Shinjuku. The George Washington was in and several people were looking for Kabukicho and 3 were looking for BIC camera (The others were looking for Waldo Moive Heather) Being white westerners ask me for my assistance, after getting none from the local citizens.

So all of us Gaijin out there, let's not turn into the woman described here. Let's start helping each other. When you see someone wondering around with a helpless face on, let's do something interesting.... act more "typical Japanese" and ask them if they need help.

That is what kindness is.
funkymofo at 12:06 AM JST - 3rd March

We are vain and we are blind I hate people when they're not polite

Psycho Killer, Qu'est-ce que c'est? fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa.....

with short wavy hair

Hang on.... has anyone seen David Byrne recently?
Soohyen at 01:32 AM JST - 3rd March

That's so scary!
supercub at 02:44 AM JST - 3rd March

Just to give some perspective, here in Honolulu we've had three totally random stabbings (two fatal, one very serious) in 6 months. All the suspects were unknown to the victims and all the incidents were totally unprovoked. Point being, in a city 1/30 the size of Tokyo, and a low crime rate, random violence happens with disturbing frequency. I don't think this is particular to Japan, but it's certainly sensationalized in Japan. These incidents speak more to general shortcomings in mental health public policy in many industrialized countries, rather than any cultural factors.
kavikahi at 03:11 AM JST - 3rd March

A 30 yr old nut ball - on the bright side for her a 1.5 cm deep stab wound from a knife blade 10cm long by a wielding wack is almost unbelievably shallow.
MeanRingo at 04:07 AM JST - 3rd March

Perhaps this is just the evolution of humanity. The more we expand into areas we were not meant to be, in such great numbers, the more we see this rather sadistic behavior.

You folks aught to read Piercing by Ryo Murakami if you want to get a look at this developing psyche. It is about a Japanese dude who wakes up and finds himself holding an ice pick to his own child's skull. He then works on a plan to stab and torture some random person. He actually takes some time off of work to do it. Nice vacation.
Molenir at 06:48 AM JST - 3rd March

noborito - Now if she would have just taken a few seconds to think.

Are you really trying to blame the victim for this? Really? You think that had she been nice and polite, he would have stabbed the next woman through who was too busy to stop and chat? Try again. The man was obviously looking to cut someone, he chose his target, got close to her by asking her directions, when her back was to him, he attacked, showing he is nothing more then a despicable coward.

Don't blame the vic!
bobbafett at 11:29 AM JST - 3rd March

Molenir,

I agree with your post. It had very little to do with the woman being unable to help him. It is possible she did not know the place he was looking or she may have caught danger vibes off him and just wanted to get away.
dennis0bauer at 03:16 PM JST - 3rd March

blvtzpk yes, it is very rude just to walk away and don't help somebody