2 men stabbed in Tokyo apartment over noise dispute; one dead

GW tragedy. You were supposed to stay home. 38 is too young.

his son heard Hiruta banging on the door, yelling,“Come out. I’m going to kill you.” 

When they opened the door...

why in the world would you even open a door when the person on the other side is threatening to kill you? They should've called the police, barricaded themselves and armed up. With the SOE extended until the end of May, I'm afraid domestic violence will rise.

Open the door so I can kill you, and they did?

He attacked with a plastic hammer? You mean like something a child plays with?

And how did the two stab victims not first check through their door peephole? They must’ve seen the nut job carrying said weapons.

This is what happens when the unemployed man next door is angry and bonkers.

And how did the two stab victims not first check through their door peephole? They must’ve seen the nut job carrying said weapons.

The visibility through a peephole isn't that good, and I can understand mistaking him for a harmless nutjob, thus opening the door to yell at him until he goes away.

However, the lack of gates in front of Japanese apartment doors is really having an effect - if they had gates, they can open the door, yell at him through the gate and the guy will have to work his knife around the grille to get the leg plus he'll never get a vital because that's usually covered by a solid plate.

I had the choice to assault a crazy neighbor who harassed us about reasonable living noise. We moved house to the countryside and I’m not in prison.

Some fabulous tv shows from around the world showing bad neighbors. Japanese tollerate bad neighbors much better than most others in other countries.

@Goodlucktoyou

"I had the choice to assault a crazy neighbor who harassed us about reasonable living noise. We moved house to the countryside and I’m not in prison."

I had one before and the mgr. was in cahoots with it, had to split before the grapevine got too long.

Tom: "Japanese tollerate bad neighbors much better than most others in other countries."

Ummm... yeah, obviously.

Moskollo: "but japan seriously needs to introduce a rational process for noise complaints so that a third party from the Ward office can mediate."

Now HERE is a person with some common sense! Here here, brother. I remember my first apartment here and the guy above me was so brutally loud (the whole neighborhood hated him) that after he kept running off whoever I tried to talk to him, then later kicked a hole in my door and broke a window, I said to the land lady I had tried talking to him and now she needed to do something. She said, "I'll tell you what... You can move into one of the other apartments in the building without any reikin." I said no way, since I would have to, since it's Japan, cancel contracts with the electric, water, and gas companies, go to City Hall to amend my records and gaijin card, change it for everything else, etc., and that I was going to go to the police. She laughed. I didn't realize at the time how useless the police are on this issue, and society as a whole. I would likely be charged for something if I called them, I know now. In fact, in the story in the article, the Kobayashi family could have called the police and mentioned the death threat and they would have done NOTHING. No dead body, no action.

So, yes, something absolutely needs to be done about noise complaints. Police need to investigate them and if they conclude a neighbor is being noisy, as them to desist. Then warning, then fine, etc. If it's just the complaints of a disgruntled neighbor where nothing really is wrong, the same: warning, fine, etc. The current system does not work, and you have stories like this all the time, or old men screaming at children in parks, etc.

And what's with the plastic hammer?

“The apartment [next door] was so noisy, and my patience had reached its limit.”

Senseless killing, glad there aren't many guns in this country.

prolly never woulda happened if he played intelligent music