woman strangles 13 year old autistic daughter
Mother claims she had planned to kill herself afterwards. Does she expect some kind of sympathy or consideration for that announcement?
Respect life!
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New facts about the case California has against Miura keep coming out so I’m not going to try to pull new information out of the news… I’ll just try to give a little perspective from over here. The fact is, a lot of Japanese people are pretty angry about this case. There’s a lot of…
… but not for the erroneous murder accusation. Mainichi.jp recently falsely accused a man of murder. Pension Bureau official Kenji Yoshihara was stabbed to death on November 18. His wife, Yasuko, was also critically injured in the attack. The attack is believed to be related to the murders of another former Pension Bureau official, Takehiko…
I’m referring to some news making the rounds in the Japanese media, one article about the shoplifting epidemic in Japan. (in Japanese) “Hon no Manbiki, Nenkan 40 oku-en” or “Book Shoplifting, 4 Billion yen a year” One quote at the bottom says it all, “People’s feelings toward shoplifting as a crime have thinned.” That is…
A Mainichi Shimbun poll came up with a 51 percent disapproval rating. 1043 people over age 20 were polled in a random phone survey this weekend. It’s easy for someone to say that they may not actually be over 51 percent given the standard of deviation for the survey, but really… is that how you…
I know, I know, I love these top 10 lists that come out. Even if they don’t mean anything they sure put a little spotlight on Japan for us. This poll is especially fun because if you’ve been here going on fifteen years like some newzjapan bloggers I know, you learned Japanese watching some of…