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Four Teens Arrested for Tochigi Murder-Robbery Linked to ‘Tokuryu’

5/17/2026

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Japan police arrested four 16-year-old boys for the robbery-murder of 69-year-old Eiko Tomiyama in Tochigi.
The suspects, in balaclavas, entered the Kaminokawa house through a first-floor window and hit Tomiyama and her sons with crowbars.
Investigators said the attack may be linked to an anonymous, fluid criminal group known as “tokuryu.”
One newly arrested youth attended the same high school as a previously detained suspect and knew other suspects.

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Japan police arrested four 16-year-old boys for the robbery-murder of 69-year-old Eiko Tomiyama in Tochigi.
The suspects, in balaclavas, entered the Kaminokawa house through a first-floor window and hit Tomiyama and her sons with crowbars.
Investigators said the attack may be linked to an anonymous, fluid criminal group known as “tokuryu.”
One newly arrested youth attended the same high school as a previously detained suspect and knew other suspects.