Arrest warrants issued for 15 suspects over Roppongi nightclub murder

A Shibuya restaurant manager and a Japan based Chinese gang . Obviously there's more to this story.

Had to be foreigners.

@JT

are their racial backgrounds really relevant to the story? come on!

Seriously, the footage was released like 1 or 2 days after. They could see the license plates and types of car. Search for the license in the registry, Badabingbadaboom turns up with an address and catch them. Why did it take 3 months? sigh

@rickyvee Better read that again:

...returnees from China following the end of World War II, NTV reported.

Yes, are they not 2nd and 3rd Japanese returnees whose grandparents and parents were living in China and Manchukuo? That is the impression I got on reading the article.

Yes, are they not 2nd and 3rd Japanese returnees whose grandparents and parents were living in China and Manchukuo? That is the impression I got on reading the article.

When the zanryu koji (war-displaced orphans) began "returning" to Japan, they were allowed to bring their spouses and extended families from China. A lot of the kids had problems adjusting and some banded together and gravitated to crime. Aside from giving the returnees entry visas on the basis of their Japanese birthright (never mind that they couldn't speak a word of Japanese), the government didn't make much of an effort to ensure their smooth assimilation. In other words, it's certainly a problem of Japan's own making and they would be way out of line to blame anyone else.

Based on the camera footage, police said that the 15 men are members of a group called Kanto Rengo, comprising second and third generation returnees from China following the end of World War II, NTV reported.

Why would you write that? So that it doesn't look like Japanese people? They are 2-3rd generation Japanese, really sad that they needed to point this unless info out.

Should never have let the Manchurians come home.

When the zanryu koji (war-displaced orphans) began "returning" to Japan,

But these people didn't come back "at the end of the war" but decades later. The third generation are a bit young. The article is not very precise but they may be simply grand-kids of colons. Some of these returnee families are fans of extreme-right so no surprise if their bad apples join ultra-right neo-nazi bosozoku gangs like this Rengo Kai.

On Sept 2

That took... time. Was the police asked to wait till all main political parties had cashed the donations before arresting the guys ?

@rickyvee

Their race becomes relevant if it's regarding either a racial gang or a racial hate crime. In otherwords, the fact that everyone shares the same race in this group is not just coincidence.

http://www.japansubculture.com/police-raid-daikanhama-club-in-kanto-rengo-kai-crackdown/

Kanto Rengo basically consists of Japan nationals who are former bosozoku members. Many of these members have later become yakuzas including the main figure behind this murder who belongs to the Sumiyoshi group. There are some zainichi Chinese who were also part of this but are not related to Kanto Rengo. There seems to be a high possibility that they killed the wrong guy and were actually planning to attack someone else belonging to the Yamaguchi group.

Good thing they went together with their 15 buddies to jump an unsuspecting guy and beat him up. I bet that gave them courage.

NOW THAT IS GANG ACTIVITY

There seems to be a high possibility that they killed the wrong guy and were actually planning to attack someone else belonging to the Yamaguchi group.

Wasn't the victim heavily in debt to some gang, after borrowing money and spending it on cars?

Nessie: It is being reported most recently as yesterday that there seem to be no link between the victim and the gang except for the fact that the possible target and the victim looked very much alike in appearance. The police seem to now believe they took actions under yakuza orders but attacked the wrong guy.

comprising second and third generation returnees from China following the end of World War II, NTV reported.

So they are ethnically Japanese but the media needs to scapegoat them so they add in the Chinese thing? Nice. Gaikoku tainted their blood?

tmarie: Don't think there is any local media which actually did that. Profile of Kanto Rengo is fairly well known especially following a series of incidents involving Ebizo and other celebrities.

Second and third generation returnees? Of what relevance is this?? For all intents and purposes they are still Japanese right?

Had to be foreigners.

They are ALL JAPANESE Citizens, "second and third generation returnees from China." They are descendants of people that immigrated to Japan after the war. They walk, look and quack like normal Japanese people, the only way that a normal Japanese person might be able to distinguish them from any other Japanese citizen, is by their last name.

There's a whole list of last names they gave out to foreigners, and pretty much, nearly every natural Japanese citizen is versed in what the names on this list sound like, or the phonetics begin or end with.

They walk, look and quack like normal Japanese people, the only way that a normal Japanese person might be able to distinguish them from any other Japanese citizen, is by their last name.

Can you give some examples, I am curious.

Seriously, the footage was released like 1 or 2 days after. They could see the license plates and types of car. Search for the license in the registry, Badabingbadaboom turns up with an address and catch them. Why did it take 3 months? sigh

Probably because they used a stolen vehicle.

Sounds like drugs are involved.