Nepalese man held on suspicion of killing wife, tossing baby daughter's body in river

Wednesday 07th May, 06:14 AM JST

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jerseyboy at 12:28 PM JST - 7th May

rjdsr...You never cease to amaze me -- whether you are "sr" or "jr". How does one unfortunate incident that involves a Nepalese man put "to rest once and for all" the immigration debate? Is this worse than the J-guy who cut up a Filipina a couple of weeks ago -- the second time he committed such a horrendous act? No, of course it is not. But, following your twisted logic, those promoting an increase in the birth rate in Japan should shut up, because that will just bring more J-murderers into society as well. Right? The nationality of the accussed is a red-herring. My sympathies to the family of the wife and to the child.
frontandcentre at 12:52 PM JST - 7th May

rjd jr: Funnily enough there are a few people here who realise that horrible tragedies such as this do happen, and nationality has nothing to do with it. I have met a few Nepalese in Japan and without exception they have been charming, kind and friendly people.
pathat at 01:02 PM JST - 7th May

Jerseyboy:

rjdsr...You never cease to amaze me -- whether you are "sr" or "jr". How does one unfortunate incident that involves a Nepalese man put "to rest once and for all" the immigration debate? Is this worse than the J-guy who cut up a Filipina a couple of weeks ago -- the second time he committed such a horrendous act? No, of course it is not. But, following your twisted logic, those promoting an increase in the birth rate in Japan should shut up, because that will just bring more J-murderers into society as well. Right? The nationality of the accussed is a red-herring. My sympathies to the family of the wife and to the child.

Well said.
sarcasm123 at 01:09 PM JST - 7th May

Well said, jerseyboy. But will you yourself be able to avoid making similar generalizations about Japanese? I doubt it.
jerseyboy at 02:21 PM JST - 7th May

sarcasm...Thanks. I'll try to avoid the generalizations. But if I slip, I'm sure that you'll jump all over me.
reddragonguy at 02:43 PM JST - 7th May

Probably he was in insane
joe_333 at 04:22 PM JST - 7th May

What a horrible thing to happen...

The article here says: "The man, whose name hasn’t been released"

I would just like to point out that his name has been released in the Japanese language media...
frontandcentre at 04:44 PM JST - 7th May

rdjsr:

How's the pro-immigration side of that debate going?

What has immigration got to do with the circumstances of this crime? Nothing we know about. As you are probably aware, foreigners in Japan commit fewer crimes per capita than Japanese do.

I think it's a shame that anyone should try to exploit such a tragedy to make political points
Nessie at 07:27 PM JST - 7th May

Actually, you could call this a Japan-style crime -- with the person "snapping" (kireru) as has been in the media frequently in recent months.
thedeath at 08:03 PM JST - 7th May

"Actually, you could call this a Japan-style crime" i would call that if the guy also finish off him self too!
blvtzpk at 08:30 PM JST - 7th May

I do like the 'curry-and-rice restaurant operator' part. Why not 'restaurant operator'? 'Curry-and-rice' suggests the place was not really a 'restaurant', or at least one which is not to be taken seriously. Shall we call izakayas 'beer-and-snacks places'?
GG2141 at 12:05 AM JST - 8th May

'curry and rice" is just a point of reference. He may also have been referred to as a "convenience store operator" or a "fast food store manager" (as in the guy who was punched by the rampaging G-8 chef a few weeks ago.)

No racial overtones there to fuel your xenophobic fire I'm afraid.
user1684 at 12:19 AM JST - 8th May

6-month baby tossed into a river.....

how could someone do such a thing....
Nessie at 11:08 AM JST - 8th May

I do like the 'curry-and-rice restaurant operator' part. Why not 'restaurant operator'?

Compare this with the job descriptions on the Iranian drug bust thread, BLV.
simon50mb at 12:39 AM JST - 13th May

****It seemed that Chie intended to betray Shyam. She already had a boyfriend in Nepal who owned a restaurant. He couldnot marry Chie then. So, she married Shyam to show off to him. As the news reads, she demanded for divorce with Shyam before all this happened. She might have decided to again reunited with the Japanese boyfriend. Seems like Shyam was provoked by the situation.

But crime is crime.....................