Woman arrested for making 330 nuisance calls to law firm

Who has the time for this type of behaviour? Perhaps her time could have been better spend moving on with her life.

The woman who complains of harassment is herself harassing the law firm.

I don't know if it is just being reported more often in Japan than the US, but such behaviors seem to point to a lack of very basic skills in dealing with difficult situations. I don't think it would be considered mental illness, but such responses to perceived negative outcomes certainly appear close to 'crazy'. As clueless said, she needs to move forward, not just focus on the past. I'm sorry for her pain, but she shouldn't inflict more pain on someone else because of it.

Something pushed her over the edge and without emotional understanding this is how you vents it, sad but could have been a much scarier way of venting hey.

I actually have some sympathy for her. In the west we take for granted that we will always be able to hire a lawyer who will bring our case to court and fight our corner. In Japan, lawyers are so scarce that they often play god when if comes to selecting their cases. They will simply turn people away if they find them annoying, if they aren't wealthy, or if they aren't 100% certain of a win. There's a real problem with access to justice in Japan. I suspect that's what happened here.

At least she did not kill or abandon a new born baby.

I wonder who else she had on speed dial?

"In Japan, lawyers... will simply turn people away... if they aren't 100% certain of a win"

If it isn't a routine COPY AND PASTE case then the "lawyers" can't handle it. Because they don't understand Japanese law.

I don't know if it is just being reported more often in Japan than the US, but such behaviors seem to point to a lack of very basic skills in dealing with difficult situations.

I don't think it's only overreporting here. I actually think there is something to what you say about difficult situations and not being able to handle in a reasonable way. You hear about ''monster parents', horrible customers throwing tantrums, like 3 year-olds when they don't get what they feel they deserve. I think this is a societal flaw, if you will. People here lack the skill to argue for their opinions or causes. They seem to think powerful (ie screaming/shoutingtantrums)!equals being right. In some societies, a good argument works wonders and you can move on after having disagreed. Here, it's all or nothing and if you're angry, you're angry. That, plus a disgusting sense of entitlement of many people makes some loons go over the edge. Like this woman. To me, calling 10-15 times would have been enough to send the flags up. Can't for my life understand why the company let it go as far as to 330.

Yubaru, may be we could give her Piers morgans tell number hahaha! Any way why couldn't the cops just check her phone records with the local phone supplier and see and trace the phone numbers to see if that they match up with the office?

M3M3M3: "I actually have some sympathy for her."

Why am I not surprised?

"In the west we take for granted that we will always be able to hire a lawyer who will bring our case to court and fight our corner."

Who says they didn't look into it? Furthermore, who says the woman is not lying about the harassment? I'm not saying she is, but if there is no evidence it is up to the law firm whether to take it to court or not, and if they suspected she might not be completely honest about something, it's all the more reason not to represent a client. There is no indication that she was or was not harassed. What we DO know, is that SHE is guilty of harassment -- something not likely to win over people in your favour when you accuse others of precisely what you are doing -- and she is the criminal, here. Furthermore, there are plenty of lawyers in the west that will turn down a case if they think it will result in a loss. You know what the client does? goes and finds another, then another after that, if need be. They usually don't go speed-dialing in death threats and then getting sympathy for it.

"I suspect that's what happened here."

With absolutely zero evidence. Again, the evidence you DO have is that she has committed a crime. But you think she's the victim here, and the justice system, which could have charged her with far more and investigated whether she made almost double the amount of calls she's been charged with, is somehow guilty.

Given: Almost two years ago she accused her boss of power harassment and hired a law firm to investigate the charge.

Given: The law firm apparently found insufficient evidence to initiate a civil case.

Given: Almost two years after she hired the law firm, they received harassing phone calls.

What's unknown: How much did the blood-sucking leech lawyers drain from the woman's finances before deciding not to pursue the case.

What's unknown: How long the lawyers "investigated" before abandoning the case.

I can easily believe that the lawyers strung-out this "investigation" over the last two years, considering the harassing phone calls have only been a recent thing.

She should have directed her energies at the manager instead of harassing the law firm. Not that she should harass him, but if she has enough energy to be that dedicated to harass, then maybe she should focus on confronting the manager face to face and try to resolve the issue instead of striking back against someone else.