Woman fatally stabbed in restaurant with sword: suspect arrested

Didn’t intend to kill - yet carries a sword in a bag with him. Makes sense.

What?

So this couple are arguing...dude proceeds to procure a SWORD from his bag, probably wrapped or withing another protective wrapping as the arguement continues...unsheaths said weapon...waiters/staff others are just like 'nah, it's fine.'...and thrusts it into the victims chest.

I don't think you can get much more intentional than that.

Dang Sato the OG going old school.

殺人罪　plus 銃刀法違反

As this "sword" was in his bag it wasn't a full length Katana. Probably what's commonly called a Tanto.

He didn’t mean ( or PLAN ) to kill her, that’s why he brought a sword with him.

Yeah, we believe you, but my Tommy Gun don’t

Sheesh, who hasn’t taken a sword out with them in public before? We’ve all been there!

So it's perfectly normal to stab someone with a sword that you carry around and not mean to kill them! Just tickle them a bit with it?

People are getting crazy these days.

Yeah. He didn't intend to kill her but brought a bag with a concealed sword to the dinner table. Uh huh. I can understand that as I usually bring my sword with me to restaurants in the off chance I run into a friendly neighborhood swashbuckler who wants to throw down. Uh huh.

Some news sites are reporting a traditional bladed weapon, but NHK among others confine their reporting to 'a knife'. If it was in his bag, and if it was a 'nihonto' (as one customer told the police), it was probably a Tanto (short-bladed dagger) as Ossan says above.

Amazing how some people ruin their life for mundane reasons. Sword in the bag wth? Crazy.

A well planned deliberate act!

Sato stabbed the woman in the chest with a sword that he had brought with him in a bag. Saying he lost his temper and stabbed the woman but he did not mean to kill her is his way of pleading for a lesser penalty

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Dang Sato the OG going old school.

Mighty fine how the treat each these days.

This is bad romance!

He just happened to bring a sword with him into a restaurant, got into an argument with somebody he didn't know and then killed the woman he was arguing with it. Lock him up for life.

So this man is out dining with someone, they have an argument, and he just 'Happens' to have a sword with him. Sounds very much like a premeditated murder to me. But hey, we now have to wait for all his excuses.