17 year old sumo wrestler beaten to death on June 26 by his stablemaster and other senior members of the stable. The murderers were finally arrested on February 8th. The stablemaster admitted that he hit the kid with a beer bottle “to discipline him”. He had also been beaten with a baseball bat and died…
Fukuoka Gynecologist Convicted for Molesting Patients A gynecologist? That’s pretty low. His victims were aged 26 and 16. He was acquitted of a case involving a 17 year old. The article says that he also took photos of their bodies and faces. Who can you trust? Powered by ScribeFire.
I’m going to start trying to keep a record of all the bad teacher stories I find in the news. I’m sure I won’t get them all (as I’m sure they are not all reported), but if a story comes up, I’ll drop a link to it. Here’s number one: Vice Principal Held for Stealing…
The story in a nutshell… a drunk driver speeding hit a family’s wagon from behind and pushed the wagon off the road and into Hakata Bay in Fukuoka. The 3 children aged 4, 3, and 1 died from drowning. The mother and father lived. Prosecutors asked for a 25 year sentence, but the court decided…
This is an update for the post: Sasebo Shooter was NOT a Foreigner The guy (a 37 year old Japanese man) had a gun permit because he was a competitive skeet shooter. That explains the gun. There are also a lot of reports from people in the neighborhood that say he liked to walk around…
So it’s sad that I have to start off the blog with news like this, but a big part of this blog will be getting to the bottom of some of the big stories in Japan. The real big story is how the media in Japan knee-jerks to reports of a “foreigner” committing crimes. I’ll…