Investigators examine the area where a woman was stabbed in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on December 29, 2025. Photo: Jiji Press
The suspected attacker holding a knife is at large.
The Metropolitan Police Department is searching for him on suspicion of attempted murder.
At around 12:10 pm, police received emergency calls from several witnesses reporting the incident in the Takadanobaba district of Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.
According to the sources, the victim is a woman in her 30s who works at an aesthetics salon.
She was stabbed head-on in a second-floor corridor of a condominium building housing the salon.
She told police that the man is a customer.
The suspect is reportedly about 175 centimeters tall, wearing black clothes and a cap and carrying a backpack.
The incident occurred in a residential area about 200 meters southwest of JR Takadanobaba Station.
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