There are nowhere near as many guns in Japan as in the U.S., however they don’t not exist. (That sentence is dedicated to all the grammarians in the audience.) There has been an increase in gun stories in the news lately and several shootings this past year. As far as I remember all the shooters […]
A bad elementary school teacher was arrested for trying to take a photo up the skirt of a high school girl. Does this kind of thing happen in the US? If one of my friends did something like this I’d be mostly grossed out and completely finished with the friendship. Don’t make me count this!
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The story about the murder case in Japan that I wrote about here in “CNN Almost Writes Pop-Japanology-less Article” has been described in a bunch of papers as a case of the traditional world of Sumo, and it’s incredibly tough training has produced a murder case which questions the fine line between “keiko” or a
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Well, this is big news in Japan now right. I feel I have to comment, but I also feel that things are moving too fast. Can we assume that there is overwhelming evidence against the defendent because the US Ambassador to Japan has already apologized to the governor of Okinawa? I am not saying that
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First off, what I refer to as pop-Japanology is the phenomenon of people all over the world, including scholars and otherwise reputable journalists to feel comfortable making generalizations about Japan without any fact checking. CNN has featured an article about the Sumo Bullying/Murder case that happened back in June. Arrests were made around February 8th
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I have not been able to find a comment by the mother or father which might give us some perspective on the situation… but 3 months seems a little early to give up on someone. grandma imprisoned for strangling disabled grandson Powered by ScribeFire.
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There have already been a lot of stories this year, but I’m just starting on this theme today… I think counting these things will help people realize how big the problem is. For the most part, I’m only counting the articles in English too. If I see a really significant one in Japanese that doesn’t
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Another murder suicide. Since the 34 year old daughter was bed-ridden, this may be one of those put-us-out-of-our-miseries murder-suicides that happen in Japan. I really don’t mean to sound blase about it, but if you check this blog, you’ll see just how often this happens. Murder-suicide suspected in deaths of old man, daughter
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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