(Update 3) Law Firm Employee Fatally Stabbed in Ikebukuro Office

   Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)--An employee of a law firm was fatally stabbed on Tuesday in the firm's office on the 31st floor of a building in the Sunshine City commercial complex in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district.
   Police were alerted at around 11:50 a.m. that a male employee had been attacked with what appeared to be a knife at the office of Adire Legal Professional Corp.
   The employee, Daiki Yoshino, 36, was found with multiple stab wounds, including one to the neck. He was rushed to a hospital but was later confirmed dead.
   Shortly after noon, a 50-year-old man turned himself in at a nearby police box, in possession of a knife, and was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The suspect, Reito Watanabe, and Yoshino are said to be colleagues at the law firm.
   Watanabe told police that he had held a grudge against Yoshino for a long time, and that he stabbed the victim as he had reached his boiling point, investigative sources said.

(2025/07/01-22:01)

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