Japan Blogger Killed After dispute Resolution Talk: Reports

A Japanese blogger who specialised in online dispute resolution has been stabbed to death by someone he argued with online

A well-known Japanese blogger has been stabbed to death by an internet user he had argued with, shortly after giving a talk on "how to manage disputes online."

Kenichiro Okamoto, known to web users as Hagex, was reportedly followed to the toilets and stabbed several times in the back after a conference on Sunday in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, according to local media.

According to his blog, the 41-year-old wanted to "share his experiences about quarrels online and how to deal with them."

A 42-year-old suspect has been arrested and has confessed to the crime, saying he "hated" the blogger, according to Japanese state broadcaster NHK.

For more information regarding Learn Additional Here look into our own web page. Okamoto was a specialist on online security who appeared several times on television to talk about the internet in Japan.

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