{
  "id": 12566478,
  "title": "Man arrested over stabbing outside Ibaraki restaurant whose owner was found dead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/man-arrested-over-stabbing-outside-ibaraki-restaurant-whose-owner-was",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T06:26:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/07/japan/crime-legal/man-arrest-two-women-stabbed-ibaraki/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a woman outside a restaurant in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, with the owner of that restaurant later found dead, according to prosecutors. The 30-year-old suspect, Kotaro Uchiyama, is accused of stabbing a 41-year-old woman in the left abdomen with pruning shears outside the restaurant in Oarai town at around 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, though her injuries are not life-threatening. The owner of the restaurant, 72-year-old Setsuko Katori, was found dead with injuries to her neck and back in the establishment, classified as a homicide by police on Tuesday.",
  "summary": "Police believe Kotaro Uchiyama, 30, had been drinking with the woman he allegedly stabbed. The owner of the restaurant was later found dead.",
  "key_points": [
    "Kotaro Uchiyama, 30, arrested for stabbing woman outside Ibaraki restaurant",
    "41-year-old woman injured in left abdomen with pruning shears",
    "Restaurant owner, 72-year-old Setsuko Katori, found dead from neck and back injuries"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}