Man charged with killing ex-teacher at Chuo Univ cites 'alienation'

Tuesday 09th June, 06:49 AM JST

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nurse13 at 12:31 PM JST - 9th June

That was an horrific crime that Yamamoto san committed. I believe nothing justifies a criminal act, especially one as violent as Yamamoto san's. RIP Takakubo sensei. By the way, I’m one of those people who prefers their alone time and will never resort to such violent act. Although, I suspect my preference differs from others. I prefer my alone time to recollect myself for optimal function in activities of daily living such as; working, driving, reading, etc. Speculating that people who choose to spend time by themselves are prone to violent crimes is premature in my opinion. Predisposing factors and past history should be considered.
Apsara at 01:13 PM JST - 9th June

He had nursed a grudge about being snubbed at a party for 5 years and was still angry enough to kill the guy? Bloody hell, talk about a different reality some people live in.
titian at 01:14 PM JST - 9th June

teleprompter: Do you mean that (i) living in Japan and (ii) the expression of critical stance towards the well-recognized (even by many Japanese) and well-documented challenges in the modern Japanese society are incompatible?!
teleprompter at 01:23 PM JST - 9th June

Do you mean that (i) living in Japan and (ii) the expression of critical stance towards the well-recognized (even by many Japanese) and well-documented challenges in the modern Japanese society are incompatible?!

No. What I mean is that I believe some foreigners pass a point in their criticism of their adopted home where you really have to wonder if they aren't masochists. I've known quite a few. And even they admit (in correspondence) that their departure from Japan was long overdue.
Tahoochi at 01:31 PM JST - 9th June

titian:

You can google "ad hominem", and I hope you will understand whether this is an impressive way to argue with someone's opinion... In Japan it works well, however...

Here's the thing: I am not arguing whether or not Japanese society needs help or not... in fact, I agree that there are some major issues. What I am saying is that the comment disillusioned posted here seemed to be from a "High and mighty" position, and he always seems to relish in mocking Japan with only negative and sometimes sarcastic remarks about Japan, but never has any positive input, and probably has never done anything about it except bxxch on-line. The message of my comment was simple: disillusioned's comment is unfair (unfortunately, so are many of his other comments)

Like I said, I agree that many Japanese people have social issues... but the ones who ACT upon them by committing a crime like Yamamoto here, are the ones that deserve criticism. Those other Japanese people who make up this society living their lives everyday carrying many social issues big or small, who do NOT commit crimes HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG, yet disillusioned wants to lump everyone together, and ridicule them, calling them a "sick" society. There's a BIG difference between noting differences in cultures, and talking down at a culture to ridicule those differences.
womanforwomen at 01:37 PM JST - 9th June

It is clear to me that the authors of many of these posts should have stayed in their home countries where everything is perfect! Ever heard the saying don't bite the hand that feeds you SUSHI!? Japan has some problems yes, but that is NOT the reason YOU live or visit there is it? Where are you from?

The damage is done, a life is lost. Atleast by making people　aware of these problems will change the mindset of some people. Why do you cry, Leave Japan? Then I want to cry, I want to save Japan, I cannot let you get destroyed.
gogogo at 02:14 PM JST - 9th June

titian: Thank you very much, I have ordered it from Amazon just now, the only problem I now face is because it was written by a foreigner no one in Japan will give it any weight.
titian at 02:23 PM JST - 9th June

Tahoochi, teleprompter: Thanks for the posts, I understand your point, and agree with both of you. And I regret that the primary reason for our discussion is this sad event...
singordie1818 at 03:27 PM JST - 9th June

alien nation is right! check out the guy's pic. if that isn't a card-carrying member of some alien nation, i don't know who is! but seriously, sometimes people just don't "look" right: am i the only one who sees that in this case/face? ...
stirfry at 03:50 PM JST - 9th June

loser with a capital L
martyman at 10:10 PM JST - 9th June

Yamamoto is a very common person with an excuse for eveything including failure in their own personal life. Excuses like "I was envious of the other students" so I killed the Professor alibi does not hold water. This monster pre-meditated his actions to murder the professor needs to be given the Darwin challenge.(death sentence)

I enjoy teaching English as a second job and should not be distracted by psycho students who do not participate in the class, that may one day decide to stab me over 100 times because they were not smart enough to learn "this is my pencil".
Hopfly at 07:51 AM JST - 10th June

martyman: I hope you are not implying that students who do not participate are psychopathic or stupid. Being a successful 'sensei' requires knowledge of the subject and much patience. This student obviously had issues with self-esteem, which manifested itself in his actions. Perhaps they could have been anticipated or perhaps not.
ashishbhandiye at 09:49 PM JST - 10th June

that's in their blood. The samurai blood.
sensei258 at 10:00 PM JST - 10th June

‘‘I was not spoken to by professor Takakubo at a year-end party held several months before graduation and felt alienated. I was sad,’’ I mentioned in my posts when this originally came out that whoever did this was in some sort of "relationship" with the victim. And that the victim didn't want to continue it. The monitors kept deleting my posts. But, I was right.
martyman at 07:30 PM JST - 11th June

hopfly: students that I have taught, that may be a bit withdrawn from the rest of the class are usually very shy. You are correct, it does take skill to interest them in participating with the class, but on the same note, a unstable student may possible bring harm to the instructor and/or students.