19-year-old man arrested for possessing dangerous substances

Monday 06th July, 06:10 AM JST

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Disillusioned at 07:32 AM JST - 6th July

He can be a 19y/0 male or a 19y/o minor, but he can't be a 19y/o *man * because he is a minor.
tkoind2 at 10:21 AM JST - 6th July

Bored guy experimenting with explosives. Lovely. Another young guy with no grounding in reality.
dr_jones at 11:52 AM JST - 6th July

Big deal! Next time just buy a crate full of fireworks, mix them together well and you got a bomb too! Don't see where the problem is here!
Coolasapool at 01:26 PM JST - 6th July

Bored guy experimenting with explosives. Lovely. Another young guy with no grounding in reality.

so, you didnt blow up letterboxes as a kid? thought everyone goes through that as a kid.

So, does this mean that pool clorine and break fluid will be banned as well?
IfeelImust at 03:04 PM JST - 6th July

He may just be out to kill a few weeds! Or a job in NK.
bushlover at 03:06 PM JST - 6th July

A drug seller with a conscience. It really is safety Japan.
BigInJapan at 04:45 PM JST - 6th July

That is stupid. It is legal to buy fireworks, and these are pretty basic substances. Its not a big deal. When someone buy some tons of them, it is suspicious, but I guess we speak about some kilos.
BBLeo at 04:52 PM JST - 6th July

‘‘I’m interested in fireworks,’’ according to the police. That tad like him should be put into the ARMY for couple of years. 'PERHAPS HE WILL LIKE BULLETS FLYING AROUND HIS HEAD!'
kirakira25 at 06:33 PM JST - 6th July

A little dense to be sure, but got to give him good marks for chemistry though!
mael at 07:44 PM JST - 6th July

Yeah! Fancy arresting someone for possessing those chemicals? One of them is a cheap 'n easy weed-killer. Anyone can buy them and the easily available ingredients to make explosives is vast. What's next? Banning iron and aluminium filings (thermite)?

I suppose he got nabbed because he showed his explosions on he inernet. Still! Unless we aren't being told the whole story this is a gross overreaction.
sharky1 at 12:04 AM JST - 7th July

He could have just bought a lot of matches. No questions asked and no problem.
TheQuestion at 03:16 AM JST - 7th July

If he wanted to blow something up he should have gone to a farm. When I was a kid we used to buy old fertilizer from the soy bean farmers to blow stumps out of the ground. Ah ammonium nitrate, the fun we had.
Icewind007 at 06:08 AM JST - 7th July

Bored guy experimenting with explosives. Lovely. Another young guy with no grounding in reality.

If he was telling the truth, then how is interest in science not "grounded in reality"? It may be a little dangerous, but most science is! As long as he wasn't doing anything dangerous with them and actually doing controlled experiments, there should be no problem.

Those substances are easy to find and there are several many alternatives that do the same thing. Stupid that this was made a big enough issue for the national news. But in Japan, they are really scrounging it up I guess.
Molenir at 08:48 AM JST - 7th July

He can be a 19y/0 male or a 19y/o minor, but he can't be a 19y/o *man * because he is a minor.

Heh, I saw that and thought the exact same thing. Title is wrong on this article.