mnemosyne23 said...

mnemosyne23 at 02:00 AM JST - 21st October

That is just SICK. (SHUDDER) The poor girl! First she gets flashed by some pervert, then the law enforcement officer who's supposed to protect her from that kind of depravity goes and STEALS HER UNDERWEAR. Are you kidding me? Stone him in the streets, the sick b@stard. Like Timorborder said,…

Posted in Cop arrested for stealing girl's underwear during investigation at 02:00 AM JST - 21st October
mnemosyne23 at 01:46 AM JST - 21st October

I wonder if the headline for this should be changed from "3 Bodies Found in Lake Inawashiro" to "3 Bodies RECOVERED from Lake Inawashiro." The former implies something like a trio of murder victims, while the latter is closer to the essence of the article, which is that these people…

Posted in 3 bodies found in Lake Inawashiro in Fukushima at 01:46 AM JST - 21st October
mnemosyne23 at 03:04 AM JST - 20th October

I've lost track of how many Prime Ministers Japan's had in the last five years. If Hatoyama DID end up leaving next year, would that be a record?

Posted in Former top aide of Hatoyama questioned about false funds reports at 03:04 AM JST - 20th October
mnemosyne23 at 02:59 AM JST - 20th October

So weird. He threw his bike away? What was he planning to do for a getaway? Good on the two bystanders for catching and restraining him. They aren't going to be charged with interfering or some other cockamamey legality, right? Because that would be ridiculous.

I'd say all the women…

Posted in Man slashes woman because he 'can't get a girlfriend' at 02:59 AM JST - 20th October
mnemosyne23 at 02:46 AM JST - 20th October

are we sure there wasn't a mistranslation in here somewhere? Are we sure this wasn't "September" rather than "September of last year"? because after a year, the smell should be largely dissipated. So I'm confused.

And yes, poor baby. Regardless of how the child passed away, to be packed away…

Posted in Woman arrested for hiding body of dead baby in Nagano home at 02:46 AM JST - 20th October
mnemosyne23 at 02:19 AM JST - 20th October

The poor girl. I don't know if the school was solely to blame for her actions, but it certainly has to shoulder some of the responsibility. When you're dealing with troubled juveniles you HAVE to maintain extra vigilance in regards to their mental, emotional and physical state. Whether her suicidal…

Posted in 18-yr-old girl jumps to death from roof of school for delinquent kids at 02:19 AM JST - 20th October
mnemosyne23 at 11:18 PM JST - 16th October

I'm glad they caught the creep before he tried to get the uniform by force, which you have to assume could have been the end result of this harassment. I'm wondering if there was any way the Jcops could have traced the numbers this guy used to contact the girl,…

Posted in Agriculture ministry employee with uniform fetish caught making harassing phone calls at 11:18 PM JST - 16th October
mnemosyne23 at 01:29 AM JST - 15th October

This is going to sound cold, but never underestimate the economic implications of keeping someone in prison for life versus exercising the death penalty. The former is an ongoing expense with no return on the investment, so to speak, while the latter is a one-time expense administered on a case-by-case…

Posted in Court upholds death for man over killing woman, granddaughters at 01:29 AM JST - 15th October
mnemosyne23 at 01:09 AM JST - 15th October

I'm not a fan of public nudity, but this is classic college stuff. Let them off with a warning and MAYBE some community service, but seriously, this is at the minor end of the minor scale. They did it when the station was virtually empty, they RAN across the station…

Posted in 10 Keio Univ students face charges for streaking through station at 01:09 AM JST - 15th October
mnemosyne23 at 12:52 AM JST - 15th October

kirakira25: I know, right? Ain't government GREAT?

I echo the question: why is this an issue? Besides those individuals who would use an unrecorded interrogation session as an opportunity to force a confession (which would be... well, okay, a lot), who else would be opposed to this? A legal system…

Posted in Gov't to set up study group on full recording of interrogations at 12:52 AM JST - 15th October