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And he wasn't very drunk.
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US servicemen in Japanese prisons. Daily routine; lose their special foods needs.
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Do you want to play 'cut 6 people I don't know'? It's a little game they like to play down in Kanagawa. It's an offshoot of the ever-popular game here in the Kanto area called 'My life sucks, so yer gonna pay!" What are the rules? There are no rules, baby! It's a free-for-all.
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A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie on Friday in an ongoing case that has come to symbolize this nation's effort to deal with white collar crime at emerging dot-coms.
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Well, I didn't expect to update the 'News of the Mentally Defective' column so quickly, but this story necessitated it.
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Panty theft by men is popular too. But we all know that already.
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Japanese police arrested a Hiroshima couple for allegedly selling fluorescent cell phone lanyards containing about 26 times the allowable level of the radioactive substance tritium. The phone straps were sold online for more than 3 years.
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A new feature at 7:10 to Tokyo called "News of the Mentally Defective." Check out this first post on one of Nagoya's pillars of the community.
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When septuagenarians attack. No MC Hammer jokes, please. People are dead. (Also - "Ah, more coverage of strange Japanese crime for the Western media to serve the masses." You'd think that Japan would lose its "safe country" image after the deluge of these stories in recent years.) Also - this
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It's about time, already. Former President of NOVA, Mr. Nozomu Sahashi was taken in for "voluntary questioning" and then arrested. He and Toshihiko Tamura, of NOVA Kikaku, were charged with embezzlement.
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Death punishment is alive and kicking in Japan.
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I know it's been covered a lot, but I wrote an article today looking not only at the news of the event, but at the response from the blogosphere, and added some personal opinions. Do have a look if you are following the story.
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Tragedy in Akihabara today (Sunday, June 8th). Are you worried about your safety here in Tokyo, or elsewhere in Japan?
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Hiroshi Motomura, who has fought for years to see the man who murdered his wife and daughter be sentenced to the highest form of punishment in the land, can hopefully be at peace now.
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An interesting article on the Japan media and Japan's handling of crime. The case is of a 22 year old Filipina woman, Honiefaith Ratilla Kamiosawa. An important read for anyone!
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