Hoolie said...

Hoolie at 12:45 PM JST - 23rd June

This guy is not allegedly guilty of rape, he is allegedly guilty of theft. He ate deserts that were in the display without paying for them.

Wow. That ranks right up there with "the tramp was wearing a miniskirt, so she deserved it." Just because a woman is a…

Posted in MSDF seaman arrested for rape, theft after breaking into Hyogo brothel at 12:45 PM JST - 23rd June
Hoolie at 03:11 PM JST - 11th June

"is unlikely to have been the culprit!" (the original Japanese is 真犯人と思われない人　"hanin to omowarenai hito." = "is thought not to be the culprit")

Timtak, omowarenai is more accurately translated as "cannot be considered as the culprit." re vs. ra. It's a pretty unambiguous statement.

Posted in Prosecutors apologize to man jailed for 1990 murder at 03:11 PM JST - 11th June
Hoolie at 12:52 PM JST - 2nd June

Make it simple - in the spirit of the original Olympic games, just even the playing field and have all the competitors compete in the buff.

Added bonus - more people would actually watch.

Posted in Irie frustrated over swimsuit debates at 12:52 PM JST - 2nd June
Hoolie at 08:54 AM JST - 26th May

After the infamous sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in March 1995, blame for the 1994 attack was shifted to the cult Aum Shinkiryo. The police chief, on behalf of the police department and media, publicly apologized to Kono.

The article makes it sound like the police immediately apologized…

Posted in Ken Ishiguro to star as wrongly accused in drama about sarin gas attack in Matsumoto at 08:54 AM JST - 26th May
Hoolie at 11:59 AM JST - 19th May

There is a rather simple analogy that might make this case easier to understand for some people.

Drinking and driving is like waving a loaded gun around and firing at random. If you are lucky, you don't hit anyone or anything. If you're unlucky, you injure or kill a person,…

Posted in Drunken driver appeals high court ruling over deaths of 3 kids at 11:59 AM JST - 19th May
Hoolie at 11:37 AM JST - 19th May

A spanner is a wrench.

Murderers rarely switch weapons - the likely scenario here is that the wife strangled the child and the husband bashed her skull in with a wrench when he found out.

Posted in Tokyo man on nationwide wanted list for murdering wife and son at 11:37 AM JST - 19th May
Hoolie at 01:48 PM JST - 25th February

Not long at all.

"tonari ha chikan. untennsan he." 隣は置換　運転さん呼んへ

Posted in Man arrested for kissing woman during overnight bus trip in Shimane at 01:48 PM JST - 25th February
Hoolie at 11:52 AM JST - 30th October

Hmmm... I've seen clinics advertising for doctors on Daijob for as high as 18 million yen annual salary... a far cry from a 300,000 yen per month cap. Perhaps the 300,000 yen cap is a per-patient non-surgical procedure payment cap?

Posted in Many core perinatal care centers lack full-time doctors at 11:52 AM JST - 30th October
Hoolie at 10:22 AM JST - 22nd October

Beelzebub - any sword or oversized knife can be legally possessed if you get certification from your city office that it is a piece of artwork and not merely a cutting tool.

CavemanLawyer - you're sure right about kitchen implements. Scariest guy we knew in my old neighbourhood in East…

Posted in Gov't to tighten rules on possession of double-edged knives, guns at 10:22 AM JST - 22nd October
Hoolie at 02:03 PM JST - 21st October

This is amazing... this was on appeal by the prosecution, as the original sentences were 3 years suspended for 4 years, and 14 months suspended for three. The first judge (district court) handed down that slap on the wrist... and the high court judge didn't add much.

The prosecution have…

Posted in High court hands suspended jail terms to prison guards over abuse at 02:03 PM JST - 21st October