Airi Sato, 22, was rushed to a hospital with critical injuries after the attacker stabbed her repeatedly in her upper body, police said, and was later pronounced dead.

Tokyo metropolitan police said they had arrested Kenji Takano, 42, on suspicion of attempted murder, but he has not been charged yet.

Police in Japan have charged a man with the murder, saying he was a follower who had tracked her location by the buildings behind her as she filmed herself.

A Japanese influencer was livestreaming on a Tokyo street on Tuesday when she was fatally stabbed by a follower with a grudge, according to police. Airi Sato, 22, could be heard screaming for help as her livestream suddenly went dark,

Witnesses and livestream viewers said they heard Ms Sato screaming for help during the attack in the Japanese capital on Tuesday.

TOKYO - A 22-year-old woman died Tuesday after being stabbed on a street in downtown Tokyo and a man believed to have had a financial dispute with her was arrested at the scene, police said. Airi Sato was attacked at around 9.