{
  "id": 18950002,
  "title": "Japan man with ‘grudge against society’ stabs bookshop worker",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/japan-man-with-grudge-against-society-stabs-bookshop-worker-18950002",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T13:44:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3373708/japan-man-grudge-against-society-stabs-bookshop-worker"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Japanese police arrested a 33-year-old man who admitted to stabbing a bookshop worker in Osaka on Sunday, a spokesman said, adding that the suspect said he “held a grudge against society”. The man, identified as Satoshi Okamoto, allegedly used a kitchen knife to stab the worker – who called police immediately afterwards – at a branch of national chain Maruzen & Junkudo in the heart of Japan’s…",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Japan man with 'grudge against society' stabs bookshop worker",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/japan-man-with-grudge-against-society-stabs-bookshop-worker",
        "published": "2026-11-08T09:57:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Man Who \"Held Grudge Against Society\" Stabs Bookshop Worker In Japan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/man-who-held-grudge-against-society-stabs-bookshop-worker-in-japan",
        "published": "2026-11-08T11:42:05.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}