Bomb threat forces Aoyama Gakuin Univ to call off Monday's classes

If every online threat was taken this seriously, nothing would ever be accomplished and the world come to a screeching halt.

Yes I realize some folks are going to say, "better safe than sorry". But WHEN is the last time a bomb went off here in Japan? Is the threat real? Imagined? Come on....

If every online threat was taken this seriously, nothing would ever be accomplished and the world come to a screeching halt.

Could just be a student worried about being late for classes after the long break too!

Sounds like at least one students wants a longer Golden Week!

It may not be a bomb per se, but noxious, harmful gases can cause a lot of harm, and there have been quite a few of those left about in past years.

When I was living in Birmingham (UK) in the 1990s, a station manager told me they averaged a bomb threat every 10 minutes - and they did not evacuate.

Always take bomb threats seriously. Better if it turns out to be a hoax than real.

Not even an indication how/where the text was issued on the Net.

Was it on a forum on the university betwork ? An email sent to some teacher ?

Easy day off. Hard price if it is a joke.

Discovered threat on Thursday, close a whole university on Monday.

Hard price if it is a joke.

What's the cost?

Did police catch the guy who posted this news?

Hard price to pay, by being sent to prison in some country. You don't play by life threatening.