Here’s the article in the Japan Times: “High School Principal’s Office Searched Over Alleged E-mail Threats to Woman“
You have to love the quote, “I can kill somebody in cold blood.”
I always wondered why people think that’s going to get somebody to come back to you.
Another thought, given that the girl is in her 20s is the question of whether or not she is a former student of his, or someone he met over the internet.
This story comes out of Chiba City… A 35 year old man, whom I can only assume is a bad teacher and advisor to the volleyball club at Mitsuwadai Junior High School in Chiba, beat up a 14 year old male student during a volleyball practice on March 8th. During practice, the teacher called out…
I really am looking for positive news to write about but this kind of randomly violent crime just keeps jumping out at me. If you’ve been to Osaka, you probably know the big Hep Five mall (with the big Ferris Wheel on top). At the North entrance to Hep Five, two guys approached a girl…
By now, I assume that the big gang rape incident at prestigious Kyoto University (link goes to news story in Japanese) is international news, and I would not like to go into the details of the incident. However, of interest to students of the media and society in Japan are the reasons that Kyoto University…
He was fired but all is good. The principal of Bunkyo Gakuin University admitted to the theft giving the ubiquitous catch-all Japanese reason. He was drunk. He’s since been fired as principal. My comments?He was fired, but probably received his entire severence pay… at age 52, I guess he’s been working and paying into the…
Many train lines in Japan have women’s only train carriages. This is designed to give women an place to ride the train without fear of the gropers, or molesters called “chikan” in Japanese. The special cars are generally available during rush hour only to prevent the overcrowded trains in Japan from providing opportunity and cover…