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Man arrested over 2018 murder in Tokyo's Roppongi district
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Man arrested over 2018 murder in Tokyo's Roppongi district

The Japan Times·No Author·about 1 month ago
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Tokyo police arrested a 47-year-old man on Saturday on suspicion of killing a 29-year-old woman in an apartment in Tokyo's Roppongi district in 2018. The suspect, Nobuaki Takahashi, whose address and occupation are unknown, told the police that he had nothing to say about the case. The suspect left for Malaysia the day after the 2018 murder. The MPD obtained an arrest warrant in June 2019 and issued an international arrest warrant through Interpol. Takahashi is suspected of killing the woman by repeatedly striking her on the head with a blunt object at his apartment in Roppongi on either Oct. 11 or 12, 2018. According to investigative sources, the cause of death was brain damage resulting from a skull fracture. A bloodstained dumbbell was found inside the room, and the MPD suspects that it was used as the murder weapon. Takahashi and the woman are believed to have met at a restaurant in 2018.…

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