Pokemon store stabbing spotlights importance of treatment for stalkers ^0%

The Japan Times - By Yukana Inoue - 4/6/2026, 8:50 AM

Negativity Bias 67.9% - Hasty Generalization 32.8% - Biased Writer Voice 29.9%

News that a female employee was fatally stabbed by her former partner-turned-stalker at a Pokemon store in Tokyo sent shockwaves across the country. Revelations that the offender had previously been arrested for stalking begged the question: Why could the murder not have been prevented if he had already been caught for stalking the same... more