Subway passenger injured by kitchen knife following emergency stop
TOKYO —
An emergency stop on a Tokyo subway train resulted in a man being stabbed in the leg with a kitchen knife on Monday, Tokyo Metro said Tuesday.
The Tozai line subway train was pulling in to Otemachi Station at about 8:30 a.m. when the driver was forced to perform an emergency stop. The sudden movement of the train caused a kitchen knife being carried by a chef to burst out of a paper bag and stab a nearby passenger in the leg. The man is said to have sustained a minor cut in the incident.
NTV reported that the knife was wrapped in plastic wrap, but was not being transported in a case. The knife’s owner was quoted by police as saying that he never imagined anything like this could happen.
Police say they are currently investigating whether the man can be charged with accidental infliction of injury.
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sillygirl
please please please people of japan - please imagine the unimaginable. has the earthquake, tsunami, nuclear disaster taught nothing? safety first.
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sakurala
Is it common for chefs to bring their knives with them to and from work? During the morning rush? Seems a little odd to me.
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JapanGal
Yes it is common if others are sharing the kitchen. I never let anyone touch my knives.
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Disillusioned
So, it seems all the negative comments about common-sense being nonexistent in Japan are true! He's lucky it wasn't a kid standing next to him. It would gone into their chest. What a total dip-sh!t ! ! !
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Papigiulio
Why did the train made an emergency stop?
Even if you are a chef, I think the basic common sense is when to transport a knife to wrap it heavily ,especially those Japanese sharpashell knifes.
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Jared Norman
It was an accident, he even took responsibility must he go to jail
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hoserfella
I can't tell if what I'm reading is sarcasm anymore, but a freak accisdent is a freak accident. A "stab" in the headline then turns into a "minor cut" in the story, which means he probably suffered a "scratch" when it's all said and done.
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hoserfella
accisdent = accident
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Darren Brannan
ouch!!! I stabbed myself in the leg once making salad.. :) what a rude shock it must have been. The guy is technically breaking the concealed weapons law,yes? the one the police were hitting the otaku with for quite a while in Akihabara?
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Seawolf
Maybe the Chef had taken his knifes to a friend to sharpen them properly...lol. But actually, most of chefs have a proper case, but that can be quite bulky for to carry only one or two knifes.
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Badge213
So why did the train have to make an emergency stop? That should be included in the article as well.
LOL Just another freak accident.
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troyinjapan
YOU DON'T CARRY A KNIFE IN A PLASTIC BAG!!!! At minimal use a wooden case. What kind of knucklehead does such a thing! Instead of being charged with accidental infliction of injury, charge him with just BEIGN STUPID!!!
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troyinjapan
BEING STUPID!!!!!! That should be a crime, punishable by picking up garbage out of the rivers for a year.
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some14some
That's a Prime Question. story of minor knife injury to cover up...?!
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JapanGal
So, if I buy a new knife and take it home and on the way a JCopper stops me I can be arrested?
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lostrune2
People share knives at home and work all the time. Less likely to have incriminating evidence that way!
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gogogo
Wow police want to charge this guy?
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WilliB
troyinjapan:
...and what is the penalty for being stupid?
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smithinjapan
If the man is a true chef he ought to know you put a knife cover on your knives when transporting. This guy just had a chef's knife in his bag?
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CrazyJoe
This man had a 万能包丁 (ban nou houchou) all-purpose kinfe with a 20cm (8 inch) blade which was wrapped in vinyl. He also had two other knives (17cm blade) wrapped in a towel. All three knives were in a paper bag. It was the 20cm blade knife that injured the man standing beside him.
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Mr. Bill
With all those people suddenly pushed forward, all sorts of things can happen. Its a lot of weight and pressure.
I hope the chef washed the knives before wrapping, other wise the guy got stabbed with a bacteria circus.
This was just a freak and unfortunate accident. Suggesting every person transporting knives go to great lengths to make sure every one will not stab someone even if 50 people behind you suddenly made a meat wall slamming into it is about as hyper-reactive as passing a law that all umbrellas come with a rubber cover on the end. I would rather see all those bare steel bars on trains covered. Its called priorities.
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Elbuda Mexicano
This chef sounds like a real idiot, how in the hell is this idiot fool carrying such a sharp knife that bursts?? out of its wrapping?? BAKA! He is lucky that this victims will be all right, but better learn from your stupid mistakes stupid chef!
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southsakai
Wow so it's okay for Chefs to carry knives in public. I though 1 rule for all. I had no idea Chefs could carry knives like that. I know it's their tool of the trade but still.
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cl400
Whats with all the chef bashing? Pro knives these days cost an arm and a leg (no pun intended) so if he wants to keep his best tool (of his trade) with him, as allot of chefs do, I don't see anything wrong with that. Yeah, he should have had it properly cased but for his lifestyle and line of work, carrying around a knife probably seems normal. When we are driving a car we don't intend for anything bad to happen but if you suddenly had to swerve to avoid something then hit someone... would you want a bunch of people criticizing you?
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Pukey2
One word for the chef - idiot! I've carried knives once or twice before, but I always make sure they're either covered in several layers of newspapers or in their original packaging. Sure this was a freak accident, but any one with common sense knows you should have them wrapped securely.
cl400: You can't wrap a car or put car in a box and drive, so your analogy is ridiculous. This isn't chef bashing, rather idiot bashing. And is he going to be arrested and thrown in jail? Recall not long ago, an elderly American guy who came to visit his son in Japan was asking for directions at a koban. When asked whether he had a knife (why on earth they would suddenly ask?!), he said he had a small penknife (or something like that. Result? He was thrown in the cell, his son wasn't informed until at least a day had passed, and he was only allowed to talk to his son in Japanese (despite the fact that he doesn't even know a damn word).
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Juan Rodriguez
Good at least it was the leg, anything above that would have been really bad.
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whiskeysour
I like cookies.
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southsakai
You must be a sous chef?
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jonobugs
My sister is a chef and she often carries her knives with her as it's very personal. The normal "case" if you can call it that looks like an leather apron. You insert the knives, blade first, into a form fitting pocket. Once they are all inserted, the apron is then rolled up and then snapped shut. I can't imagine a knife cutting through the case from it's own weight and even if someone where to get jammed up against it, I don't imagine any serious injury happening. (Maybe a bruise). Of course there are cheaper cases with different material. Chefs do not normally carry knives solo wrapped in towels. You spend more than 1万 per knife, you want to protect them.
As for the laws about carrying knives, it's basically against the law to carry anything longer than 6cm with you without a valid reason. If you can convince a policeman that you're a chef, then that would suffice I believe. That's just from memory, I'm sure the law is more detailed than that. FYI, 6cm is the average size of most pocket knives. My leatherman knife is about 6.2cm I think. I carry it around and use it as a bike tool. Hopefully, I'll never be stopped and questioned as I'm not sure it would be reason enough.
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Sioux Chef
That would be me.
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cactusJack
knives don't kill people, people kill people.
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troyinjapan
Ahhhhhh Cactus Jack. Using the old NRA excuse, are we? That's funny.
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CalvinMontblanc
Is that such a difference to vinyl? What makes most of the original packaging safer that I have seen is not the packaging itself, but the fact that the knife has been twist tied down to a plastic board.
What astounds me is that he put them in a paper bag. Why not get a nice aluminum case at the hardware store? They are cheap and come in many different sizes and dimensions. Still, I would not call him an idiot. Just a bit lax.
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Al Stewart
But but but but why did the train make an emergency stop? what happened?
Obviously, it was an accident and yeah he should have prepared a proper case. Also, what kind of chef is he, not having a case for his tools. I worry about the restaurant he works at.
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