One of 13 elementary school girls injured as a result of a man going on a stabbing rampage close to Japan's capital city Tokyo on Tuesday morning has been confirmed dead, local police said.

A man in his 40s or 50s believed to be responsible for the mass stabbings, who was taken into custody, has also died as a result of a self-inflicted knife wound to his neck.

Along with three adults also being injured, police said earlier that one child and one adult were without vital signs as a result of the frenzied attack.

The local fire department was alerted to the incident at around 7:45 a.m. local time, which occurred as the young female pupils were waiting for their bus in a residential area near Noborito Station in Kawasaki City, which lies to the west of Tokyo.

The elementary school girls are believed to be pupils of the Caritas Elementary School, a private catholic school in Kawasaki.

The school is currently gathering information as to whether the victims attend the school and has yet to confirm the deceased and injured pupils are attendees.

During the fatal attack, the suspect is believed to have stabbed his victims with knives he was wielding in both hands.

The bloody scenes left in the wake of the rampage have been cordoned off by police and crime scene investigators, according to local media reports.

The school girl who was fatally wounded was pronounced dead at hospital, police officials said.

Police have retrieved two knives from the scene of the attack.