The Tokyo Detention House is a maximum security correctional facility in Katsushika, Tokyo. The prison, which is operated by the Ministry of Justice, is one of seven detention centres that carry out e
2018 Tokyo Detention House
1989 aerial photograph of the correctional facility and its surroundings
A mass murder took place on 8 June 2008 in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The perpetrator, 25-year-old Tomohiro Katō of Susono, Shizuoka, drove into a crowd with a rented tru
Tokyo Detention House
…Hideki Kanda (hanged 1 August 1997) Tomohiro Katō (hanged 26 July 2022) Kiyoshi Miki…
The crossing in Akihabara shortly after the incident
The rented truck used to run into the crowd
Katō during the attack, armed with a knife
The 35-year practice of closing Chūō-dōri avenue to vehicular traffic on Sundays and holiday afternoons was discontinued after the attack. The Japanese text on the sign translates in English to "Pedestrian precinct shall be discontinued for the time being from June 15."