Sendai man held for beating, kicking 2-year-old daughter to death

Thursday 30th October, 02:42 PM JST

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ptolemy at 12:21 AM JST - 31st October

It happens all the time, all over the world.

Not to the Japanese, they say they don't commit crimes like this and then when its on the news and you ask them about it they play dumb like they don't know the story. They hate it when you are fluent in their their secret language and ask about things like this. To me this guy deserves the gallows and I'd love to be the lever puller. Stick to the story.

This guy beat and kicked an infant to death. It happened in Japan, that is the story. THIS STORY is not about any other country BUT JAPAN. There is no justifying this by the remark it happens every where. THIS BABY had its future robbed from it, had its future like ours stolen from it, and some have the gall to say it happens every where. Great human beings.

Rest in peace little one. One person tonight hopes you have an eternity of joy after the hell you just suffered. If there be a heaven may it be yours. Here endeth the lesson.
bushlover at 01:36 AM JST - 31st October

Some people won't learn unless they get a taste of their own medicine. Should be able to take a beating by someone 5 or 6 times his size for 90 minutes. Then let's see what kind of condition he's in. Come on judges be harsh on violence. Start taking off limbs for it. One good example should wake the zombies up.
Zuleyka at 02:15 AM JST - 31st October

Jesus!what kind of parents are they? child is just a child...child plays of course...and patience is really important...
kjunluc2 at 02:21 AM JST - 31st October

****If this varmint has a conscience he'll be punished for the rest of his life. It's doubtful that he has; otherwise it would have kicked in over an hour and a half. Anyway, the state should make sure he doesn't kick another baby.
Good_Jorb at 06:02 AM JST - 31st October

Stick to the story.

Unless the guy who committed the crime's name was "Japan", your post is not sticking to the story. The story is about a 26-men(an individual, who happens to be Japanese) who killed his daughter. The fact that you would use her horrific death as chance for an anti-Japanese rant is deplorable. May her soul go to a better place.
MeanRingo at 06:49 AM JST - 31st October

Ptolemy... it does happen everywhere. This time it happened in Japan, but it is not a Japanese phenomenon. So don't be shooting your mouth off telling people they are less than human because they are able to duly handle the rage they feel instead of trying to spin it as some sort of Japanese problem. Get off yer high horse and take yer head out of yer arse. Bottom line, the guy is a monster. If this happens in the US, the guy who does it is also a monster. Fact is, there are monsters everywhere. Direct your rage at the proper place.

Better mod?
medievaltimes at 10:20 AM JST - 31st October

Take it easy on Ptolemy. He/she was responding to a post that mentioned, "This happens all over the world." I think everyone knows this to be true.

However, it would be naive to assume all cultures are the same. Cultures ARE different.

It seems to me Japanese culture thinks it is normal to use slapping, hitting and kicking as a form of discipline, punishment or training. The focus seems to be on punishing bad behavior as opposed to rewarding good behavior. By-product of a shame culture perhaps?

Many of my Japanese friends say they were hit by their teachers in public school and they thought it was ok. Numerous times I have seen children in public get slapped on the head or face.

Does child abuse happen around the world? Of course it does, we all know that. But to brush this off to imply Japan is just like any other culture is not accuarate.

Physical abuse is a lazy form of discipline.
cleo at 10:33 AM JST - 31st October

Physical abuse is a lazy form of discipline.

Physical abuse is an ineffective form of discipline. It doesn't work. Yet people still resort to it.

On threads in the past that dealt with physical discipline/corporal punishment etc., there have been any number of posts by non-Japanese relating how their parents used to whup them and they are none the worse, it taught them to behave, kids need 'discipline' ie a beating/clip around the ear/slap on the bottom now and again, etc etc. The argument always comes down to, 'Well, what are you going to do when a kid misbehaves?'

Lots of people, not only Japanese, seem unable to understand the concept of proactive as opposed to reactive child-raising. Don't wait until the child does something wrong and then come down on him like a ton of bricks. That's lazy. And it doesn't work.
greensatindress at 10:39 AM JST - 31st October

90 minutes. 90 minutes and what was the mother doing the whole time??? Whimpering in the corner? Unfathomable. I also want to know about the elder sister. Where will she go now?
medievaltimes at 10:51 AM JST - 31st October

Lots of people, not only Japanese, seem unable to understand the concept of proactive as opposed to reactive child-raising.

In my experience, Japanese have a harder time understanding it than any other place Ive been to.
Spidey at 01:31 PM JST - 31st October

Every time something like this happens, half the comments here are advocating beating the perpetrator to death or torture etc. I understand your rage but you people sound like animals. How about some civilized discussion about how we, as a society, can develop so that people don't end up "sick" in the first place. Beating a criminal is just selfish. It doesn't solve the problem, it only makes YOU feel better.

You're right.

S
Spidey at 01:41 PM JST - 31st October

Bogi said,

Every time something like this happens, half the comments here are advocating beating the perpetrator to death or torture etc. I understand your rage but you people sound like animals. How about some civilized discussion about how we, as a society, can develop so that people don't end up "sick" in the first place. Beating a criminal is just selfish. It doesn't solve the problem, it only makes YOU feel better.

You're right. On with the beating!

S
NetteMarie at 10:51 PM JST - 31st October

My mother whipped me as a child, and I don't feel she was wrong for it. There is a difference between abuse and discipline. My Mom didn't kick me about for 90 minutes.

My parents actually made it a point never to hit myself or any of my 7 siblings in the head. Instead they made it a point to hit the most cushioned part of the body. The butt. They were most concerned with making the sole point that the thing I did at that point was dangerous for my health, my moral obligations and/or others around me. It wasn't some release of their internal frustrations. My parents made it point to tell me what I did wrong as well.

I feel that a pop on the hand for a kid playing at the dinner table and an explain of why, is not abusive. This man was raised with no concept of consequence or understanding that children are weaker than their parents and should be protect them. Which, as someone else commented, begs the question, what the heck was the mother with no maternal instinct doing?

My mother would take a something to anyone that tried to injure her child for doing what kids should do, enjoy life, and now this kid doesn't get that chance. The mother is an utter coward and/or sitting there with cheerleader pom-poms as far as I'm concerned.
ptolemy at 07:40 PM JST - 1st November

What country did this happen in? There is my point. THIS story is not about the USA,Canada, or any place else. I think the country this accused child killer lives in Japan. I didn't shoot my mouth off, I used the computer keyboard.
Antonios_M at 07:41 PM JST - 4th November

What country did this happen in? There is my point. THIS story is not about the USA,Canada, or any place else. I think the country this accused child killer lives in Japan. I didn't shoot my mouth off, I used the computer keyboard.

These kind of stories do happen all around the world. They happen in USA, Canada, Europe, Asia...everywhere. It's not a Japanese phenomenon and having discipline in your way of living, doesn't include beating!! However, it is true that these incidents were not so common in Japan before. It's sad that there is a rise in Japan's criminality the recent years.