smartacus said...

Brainiac at 11:56 AM JST - 13th November

dr jones

Actually, your profile wouldn't be consistent with the sort of person that commits these sorts of crimes. The original profile, which you are disputing, is probably closer to the mark.

Posted in Police widen search for Hiraoka’s killer as grisly details emerge at 11:56 AM JST - 13th November
smartacus at 11:32 AM JST - 13th November

I must be one of the few foreign readers who actually like these illuminations and the way Christmas is celebrated in Japan. It's fun and always makes me feel happy, no matter what sort of a day I have had at work.

But I get to have my spiritual dose…

Posted in Tokyo Midtown light-up at 11:32 AM JST - 13th November
Razor at 09:42 AM JST - 13th November

I think we all tend to underestimate the power of fear, especially if you have been mollycoddled all your life, as most Japanese teenagers are. This reminds me of that rapist in Rome about 15 years ago who cajoled five Japanese female tourists into going back to his apartment, where…

Posted in 19-year-old arrested for rape after threatening victim on cell phone at 09:42 AM JST - 13th November
Brainiac at 09:34 AM JST - 13th November

It's galling that there were others in the elevator and the girl still didn't feel brave enough to say something. Japanese people can be so meek and submissive sometimes. Just once, I'd like to see a girl react to a message like that by turning around and kicking the guy…

Posted in 19-year-old arrested for rape after threatening victim on cell phone at 09:34 AM JST - 13th November
smartacus at 09:25 AM JST - 13th November

I'll bet he's done this many times. This animal belongs to the same subhuman species as people like Ichihashi, and whoever killed that girl in Hiroshima, the Chiba university student and countless others. They are totally incapable of a normal relationship with women, narcisstic, ruled from time to time by…

Posted in 19-year-old arrested for rape after threatening victim on cell phone at 09:25 AM JST - 13th November
smartacus at 07:48 AM JST - 13th November

Well, he was only trying to give us a good photo of what Ichihashi currently looks like.

Posted in TBS employee arrested during media chaos over Ichihashi's transfer at 07:48 AM JST - 13th November
Brainiac at 04:16 PM JST - 12th November

isthistheend

I don't see it the same way. I don't see this murder as any more or less dastardly than the murder of a Japanese, although ti certainly has overshadowed the hunt for the killer who beheaded the girl in Shimane and the guy caught on video using the ATM…

Posted in Ichihashi transferred at 04:16 PM JST - 12th November
smartacus at 07:50 AM JST - 12th November

I could never make up my mind about Tim Blackman, especially after he accepted 500,000 pounds as condolence money from Obara. It didn't help that his ex-wife publicly blasted him for it.

Posted in Blackman warns Hawker's parents of 'long process' ahead at 07:50 AM JST - 12th November
smartacus at 08:59 PM JST - 11th November

Mookoo

As far as we know, he worked at a construction site in Kobe from February to June 2008, where he earned about 550,000 yen, and then moved to a construction company in Osaka from August through October this year. He earned a little over 100,000 yen a month there.…

Posted in Ichihashi stays silent as police begin questioning him on Hawker murder at 08:59 PM JST - 11th November
smartacus at 09:23 AM JST - 11th November

thundercat

I did watch the parents being interviewed and I still believe they were not helping their son. To date, there is not one iota of evidence indicating they were, and I like to presume innocence until proven guilty.

If you have lived in Japan for any length of time,…

Posted in Ichihashi says he has no excuses; Hawkers express relief at his arrest at 09:23 AM JST - 11th November