Public broadcaster NHK says one person was stabbed to death and at least seven others were injured by a man who went on a knifing spree at a shopping mall in eastern Japan.

The stabbings occurred in the city of Tsuchiura on Sunday. Seven people were injured and an eighth died as he was rushed to a nearby hospital.

NHK reported that police captured the alleged attacker, described as a 24-year-old jobless man, at the scene.