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Thursday 12th November, 02:46 PM JST

Murder suspect Tatsuya Ichihashi is led out of Gyotoku police station on Thursday. He was taken to the Chiba District Public Prosecutors Office for further questioning. So far, he has refused to answer any questions. He has not eaten anything since his arrest on Tuesday, and has only consumed green tea since arriving at Gyotoku police station early Wednesday, investigators said. He turned down the three meals provided for him on Wednesday and breakfast on Thursday, according to the sources.

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XXXXX at 12:55 AM JST - 13th November

also I think he should be denied the right to refuse anything, including meals. They should be stuffing him. The cops shouldn't be as condescending.
starrise at 01:17 AM JST - 13th November

In japan,if you eat katsudon at police,you must confess all..with tears.
starrise at 02:43 AM JST - 13th November

Believe me.Just make him eat katsudon.He must confess.Actually if I was him and ate the katsudon of police,I will definitely confess.Its a Jp tradition.BTW I believe Ichihashi is the 99% murderer as everyone believe,but my 1% is like this.1,some yakuzas killed the victim.2,but Ichihashi accidentally meet the scene.3,Yakuzas gave him some big money as hush money.4,He ran away cause received the money.Thats why he can run away for the 1st year.(of course ran not for hush money,but for guilty conscience) just 1% thought.
ptolemy at 02:58 AM JST - 13th November

@ starrise:

Yeah I've heard the coppers do some pretty nasty stuff to the katsudon before they serve it. The most mild being spitting in it. Even the worst would be better than what he did to Lindsay.
starrise at 03:39 AM JST - 13th November

The most mild o...I dont want it>
Fadamor at 05:24 AM JST - 13th November

Here's what I hear from the nihonjin that post here regarding their police force: They are incompetant, they are lazy, they are more often part of the crime problem than a solution, they regularly torture confessions (I guess because they are too lazy to catch the real perpetrator), they would let a vicious dog escape even if it had already been chained to a tree with a short chain, and you can't trust them as far as you can throw them.

It seems to me that if they were as bad as I'm hearing, the people would have screamed, "Enough!" and demanded a complete overhaul of the police system. But maybe that's just me injecting my gaijin sensibilities into the Japanese way of life that seems to state, "It can't be helped."
usaexpat at 06:46 AM JST - 13th November

Granted his face is obscured in this photo but I'll agree with others that he doesn't look much like the photos that were circulated. It will be interesting if we ever find out what happened or if he merely confesses to the crime.
Sarge at 07:17 AM JST - 13th November

starrise - Your 1% theory has a flaw - the yakuza wouldn't have given Ichihashi hush money, they would have just killed him too.
Beerplease at 07:36 AM JST - 13th November

Sarge, I also pay taxes in Japan--a lot. And I'm glad that there is at least some semblance of democratic rule here that prevents one or the mobs from forcing their will on everyone else. If Ichihashi is proven guilty, he needs rehabilitation; he needs to understand what he did was abhorrent to the morals decided upon by our society, and he needs a long time to reflect on his crime and somehow atone.
Dewaashita at 10:51 AM JST - 13th November

I'd like to buy the man that turned him in a beer.
DenDon at 11:11 AM JST - 13th November

OMG! Those people saying it's not proven he killed her?! Ummm he went on the lam for 2 years, changed his face so he couldn't be recognized, and hello!... dead body in the apartment.

I mean really?!

it has not been proven he killed her yet, that is why we have courts of law, judges and now juries, not necktie parties at hanging ridge. I say again yes I am sure he did and you certainly are but that is not enough to condemn him to death already and you know it, as painful as it is for the family (and your sense of bloodlust)
terebiko at 04:16 PM JST - 13th November

I hate to say this, but he is innocent until proven guilty, and if the prosecutor and the police don't get all of their ducks in a row, there is always a possibility that he may not be convicted of murder. There has been a lot of circumstantial evidence, but the judges have to rule on what the prosecution brings to trial. This is going to be an interesting case to follow, whenever it does go to trial that is.
LoveUSA at 09:10 PM JST - 13th November

Why does he refuse to eat: because of shock and stress or because he want to resist police???
Cherryblossomgirl at 10:10 PM JST - 13th November

he doesn't look like the photos
MagnusGarstin at 02:17 PM JST - 17th November

He looks a bit like Michael Jackson in that photo.