Body parts found floating in Tokyo Bay

Friday 26th June, 03:00 PM JST

YOKOHAMA —

A man’s head and part of a foot were found floating 20-30 meters off the coast in Tokyo Bay on Thursday by a fisherman in Yokohama’s Kanazawa Ward, police said Friday.

On Wednesday, the buttock and left thigh of a man were also discovered nearby, and police believe the body parts likely belong to the same person. Investigators are currently working to identify the body and carrying out an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

According to police, no clothing or personal affects were found with the body parts, and several weeks appear to have passed since the man was killed.

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OhioDonna at 10:58 PM JST - 26th June

What a coincendence! Just the week body parts were found in water near to where I work. It is all very sad.
kanadamanada at 11:13 PM JST - 26th June
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kirakira25 at 05:35 PM JST - 26th June
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Don't you mean "off the shore", "translator"???
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Are you a native English speaker???! And secondly what the hell does it matter anyway Everyone who speaks English understands it? >

I sure am, and I get paid to correct this kind of garbage as well as undo the damage caused by semi-litterate "English" teachers. It matters, if you care about the language.
jonnyboy at 11:16 PM JST - 26th June

I was just to about enjoy my home-cooked seafood dinner when I opened up my news page to this story. How can something like this happen in Japan? You'd think this only occurs in Iraq or drug fighting areas of Mexico. Now this is why I don't go swimming around the Tokyo waters...

it seems that you believe the propaganda that the whole of japan is a disneyland-esque paradise of smiley happy cartoon characters who would never think about breaking out a frown, let alone dismembering a debtor or gangland rival and dumping the body parts in a sewer

which is probably what has happened here
knews at 11:18 PM JST - 26th June

That's "semi-literate" kanada, not "semi-litterate". I care, too.
boboh at 12:03 AM JST - 27th June

"and police believe the body parts likely belong to the same person".

Oh, reeaally, Mr. Policeman, whodve thunk it. More outstanding work by your local constabulary.
spudman at 12:13 AM JST - 27th June

off the coast is fine. Might not be the common usage but its not wrong. Cops need to pull all the evidence together to get to the bottom of this.
OssanAmerica at 01:45 AM JST - 27th June

Don't you mean "off the shore", "translator"??? Are you a native English speaker???! And secondly what the hell does it >matter anyway Everyone who speaks English understands it?

As a native English speaker the poster is correct, with a distance of some 60-90 feet from the shore, it's absurd to say "of the coast" which is used for distances measured in miles/Km. To say "coast" in this case is wrong, period.
kanadamanada at 01:59 AM JST - 27th June

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knews at 11:18 PM JST - 26th June

That's "semi-literate" kanada, not "semi-litterate". I care, too.

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Well spotted. Apparently, my Jamaican rum does not share our concerns.
amerijap at 05:27 AM JST - 27th June

A man’s head and part of a foot were found floating 20-30 meters off the coast in Tokyo Bay

What????

No wonder recent homicides in Japan sound more creepy than ever before.
hamiltontruther at 10:17 PM JST - 27th June

@donna;" What a coincendence! Just the week body parts were found in water near to where I work. It is all very sad." Where do you work in japan?

it is best for japanese leaders to stop trumpeting that japan is a safety country.
hamiltontruther at 10:20 PM JST - 27th June

"... homicides in Japan sound more creepy than ever before."

homicides in japan always have been creepy.
tigerguy at 12:56 PM JST - 28th June

jonnyboy - No I don't believe all that propaganda but it is definitely less worse in Japan.
MagnusGarstin at 01:34 AM JST - 30th June

Damn those illegal Asian immigrants! They'll do anything to get into Japan - even float themselves over in construction kit form! (Don't laugh - there's probably a Japanese government department being set up to investigate this possibility even as I type.)
ultradodgy at 09:36 AM JST - 1st July

What? No personal effects were found with half a buttock?
Cynthia at 09:56 AM JST - 3rd July

I read a book by a japanese author about something like that. Its called OUT. Its a good book. (in the book a battered wife stragles her huband and she's blackmailed by her freinds after they cut up his body for her. Its awesome)