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Man Arrested After Stabbing Osaka Bookshop Worker, Tells Police He Resented Society

  • Japanese police arrested 33-year-old Satoshi Okamoto after he admitted stabbing a worker at a Maruzen & Junkudo bookshop in Osaka.
  • Police said Okamoto allegedly used a kitchen knife, and the worker called police immediately after the attack.
  • Police did not provide details about the worker’s condition but said there was no fear for the worker’s life.
  • Okamoto reportedly told police, “I held a grudge against society as a whole.
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The Japanese police detained 33-year-old Satoshi Okamoto, who stabbed a staff member of a bookshop in Osaka because of public hatred, reported to the media on Sunday at the Maruzen & Junkudo branch of the national book network in central Osaka, the second largest city in Japan, and attacked the shopkeeper with a kitchen knife, after which the victim immediately called the police, wrote South China Morning Post. Law enforcement officials did not …

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At around 11:15 a.m. on the 8th, police received a 110 call from a male employee (23) at the MARUZEN & Junkudo Bookstore Umeda branch in Chayamachi, Kita Ward, Osaka City, reporting that he had been stabbed in the thigh. Responding officers found a man of unknown occupation from Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City…

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FNN.jpプライムオンライン broke the news on Sunday, November 8, 2026.
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