Jamaine Punzalan

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Agence France-Presse

<p>TOKYO — Japanese police arrested a woman near Tokyo for allegedly sewing shut the lips of her housemate, officials said Thursday.</p><p>The 42-year-old female victim escaped the house in the city of Koga, rushed to a nearby shop and held up a piece of paper that read &quot;please help me&quot;, Makoto Hiyama, a senior local police official, told AFP.</p><p>Police in the eastern prefecture of Ibaraki -- where Koga is located -- later arrested 49-year-old Masae Sakurai &quot;on suspicion of assault,&quot; according to a prefectural police spokesman.</p><p>Sakurai lived with the victim at the time of the June 29 alleged incident when she sewed her housemate&#x27;s &quot;lips with a needle and thread&quot;, the spokesman said, adding that she was arrested on Monday.</p><p>Police are investigating the incident, including unconfirmed information that there was another person living at the house, according to Hiyama.</p><p>The injured woman told police &quot;the suspect became angry over a trouble and my lips were sewed&quot;, public broadcaster NHK reported.</p><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/25/philippine-authorities-arrest-senior-luffy-group-member-wanted-in-japan-1330">Philippine authorities arrest senior Luffy Group member wanted in Japan </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/5/28/japan-philippines-to-discuss-intelligence-sharing-takaichi-2045">Japan, PH agree to protect classified military information, fast track warships transfer </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/4/10/japanese-yakuza-group-promises-no-more-trouble-1631">Japanese yakuza group promises &#x27;no more trouble&#x27; </a></div>

<p>Japanese police arrested a woman near Tokyo for allegedly sewing shut the lips of her housemate, officials said Thursday.</p>

Japanese police arrested a woman near Tokyo for allegedly sewing shut the lips of her housemate, officials said Thursday.

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Woman arrested in Japan for sewing shut housemate's lips

Agence France-Presse

Published July 09, 2026 03:10 PM PHT

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