Boy to be sent to reformatory for hijacking bus

Saturday 30th August, 07:03 AM JST

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smithinjapan at 07:56 AM JST - 30th August

I'm curious as to the parents' "scolding". I'm not for locking up anyone unnecessarily, but the kid HAS to be made to know of the gravity of what he's done. I hope the judge is right and the kid has a chance to reform himself.
romulus3 at 08:40 AM JST - 30th August

if the case was that he was not a bad boy but driven too far by abuse, I support him. I just hope that he is not dark cell like kato.
MeanRingo at 08:41 AM JST - 30th August

Good. If the kid thought this would work as revenge then to hell with him. I'm glad the judge actually decided to give him some sort of punishment. Good to know in this day and age that some people in Japan, aside from foreign sumo wrestlers, can get punished when doing something illegal. Mind you, I doubt the 19-year-old sumo kid will get reform school. He'll be doing hard time for the .368 grams of dried leafy substance and marijuana they found in his wallet.
bamboohat at 01:22 PM JST - 30th August

When shaming tactics go wrong.
OgieDoggie at 02:12 PM JST - 30th August

junior high school student hijacked the bus to get even with his parents

Wow, if this kid had enough guts to hijack a bus he could have just as easily stabbed his parents with a knife instead (so they would get the point of his anger)HeHeHe. Sorry I couldn't resist, but with all the stabbings going on in JT news the last two weeks what can I say.

This kid needs alot of time with a Shrink before ever being let out again.
mikihouse at 03:08 PM JST - 30th August

this boy was courting a girl and has been rejected many times but he is an obnoxious persistent unrelenting teen-ager. Finally the girl thought of a plan that if the boy gives her a huge amount of money then he will quit. However, the boy began borrowing or demanding money from friends instead and the incident has been reported to his parents. His parents got furiously mad that they said why don't you just die. He then hijacked a bus to get back on his parents. Is this a movie? Fair to lock him up and hope to make him a contributing member of the society.
lipscombe at 02:10 AM JST - 31st August

do you reckon the reformatory school has a ray winston type character and he will need a _____ tool? or is it a bit like a juku? hmmmmmm I wonder haha
martyman at 05:03 PM JST - 31st August

Sometimes I wish Japan would take the same stance as Singapore. Public canings.

Could be something that curbs incidents like this. Here is a link to the other crimes that rate a good caning. http://www.corpun.com/singfeat.htm#offences
enasan at 09:49 PM JST - 1st September

Yes, good idea marty. Public canings would work well in Japan and make for great TV with one of those crazy panel shows making comments on the style, artistry and sound quality of the canings and the redness of the welts.