Man arrested over fatal stabbing of ex-girlfriend in Fukuoka

Terrible. RIP young girl.

Yes. Banning. That works every time. (sigh)

S

Police issued a warning against him the same month and banned him from approaching her, based on the stalker regulation law the following month.

Just "warning" someone to stay away isn't good enough. There have to be penalties involved, as in jail time, for failure to comply .

Also this sentence doesnt make sense. They issued a warning based upon a law that did not come into effect until a month AFTER it was issued?

How can any authorities issue warnings, or anything, based upon a FUTURE law coming into effect?

A warning? Not arrested for stalking on multiple occasions - just told "Don't go near her again, or next time we'll tell you the exact same thing we told you this time."

And saying to her, "Call us if he shows up and tries to kill you. We'll be sure to come right away."

Dangerous stalker really scary

Wednesday would have been Kawano’s 39th birthday…… how is this concerned with this news ????

Repeated requests for help, and the police sat on their hands. Abandoned her. Her death is blood on their hands, and they should all be incarcerated with the killer. What a pitiful excuse for preventive policing!

At what point does too much pride become selfish entitled arrogance I wonder. RIP.

girl_in_tokyo

This is the FIRST time you and I agree on something because I actually experienced a situation dealing with stalking! I had a woman whit whom I had broken up with stalk me in the weirdest ways. I went to the police and they ACTUALLY said "There's nothing they can do until she does something to me!" They spoke to her and told her to stop, so she hired some private investigators to follow me around to see what I'm doing and if i meet other women. They bugged my car, put a tracker on it, took pictures and sent her the information. I know this because she would ask me "Where did you go?" to see if I would lie. I said "Nothing special" and she sent me a photo of me walking around in the mall for groceries, my car in the parking lot, me in what appeard to be talking to the cashier. I freaked out! I moved out, blocked her in EVERY way I can, but she mailed me photos of me going into my new home, the secret hidden place I parked my car and others of me walking around my new home area. I went to the police and they said and I shite you not "If she comes to your home again, bring her to us!"

It was this moment I knew the importance of the police here.

It's really tragic and the crime was unreasonable for the victim and her family considering that she had contacted police for help and anti-stalking measures had been imposed.

It appears the police action was some strong words. Obviously didn't take it seriously enough. Useless

Kawano had consulted with police multiple times

RIP to the young women.

It’s just impossible to stop everyone of those many thousands of stalkers with laws or other enforcement. Maybe it sounds hard, but also the victims should really consider to somehow contribute, moving away, change daily habits, avoid places near the suspect too, and so on. It’s obviously not sufficient to only rely on laws, police warnings or that the suspect might be a few months in prison. That won’t really help in every stalker case.

Someone could do women lots of help even saving their lives by teaching them how to protect themselves from these creeps, Pepper Spray helps and works in many cases till help arrives, even small knifes or sticks can be very handy, a body armor, or even a bodyguard !!? but then again were do you stop?

Sometime butter to go on the offence and eliminate a threat that to sit and wait for an attack!?

Mark

Someone could do women lots of help even saving their lives by teaching them how to protect themselves from these creeps, Pepper Spray helps and works in many cases till help arrives, even small knifes or sticks can be very handy, a body armor, or even a bodyguard !!? but then again were do you stop?

This is a brilliant idea, but as you know, pepper spray/mace, tasers and small knives are illegal. Bodyguards? They couldn't even protect the prime minister let alone a regular individual. I'd say, a swift kick to the dangling male fertilized eggs would work!

It's so senseless that some people cannot live without somebody who wants to move on in another direction. Just let go! Whenever somebody I know has broken up with someone and they're sad about it ending and they didn't want it to end, I always tell them that there are plenty of fish in the sea. Just keep looking! But to murder someone like this over a broken heart is completely crazy.

RIP

The lady was 7 years older than the guy. I think their relationship was a strange one and he must loced her very much. Just he chose a wrong one to endup!

Good, fast catch..

Send that scumbag to gallows !!..

Another red-letter day for the police in Japan.

Protecting potential victims of crime, particularly when the risk is known, BEFORE the person is knifed to death on the street, would be prefferable...

Rejection is a hard cross to bear, but we must learn to bear it nonetheless.

I think their relationship was a strange one and he must loced her very much.

He killed her. That's not love, it's as sick obsession. It's gross to even consider that as love.

I hope the cops covered up the cameras in the cell block and tuned him up good.

In a lot of cases, the police's options are limited simply because stalking can be a "he said/she said" kind of issue. If there are no damage or injuries to see, the alleged stalker can just deny it, and then what? Arrest someone based on what someone else said? Can't do that.

Wouldn't want that, in fact. If someone falsely accused you of stalking, you'd demand that there needs to be some evidence (beyond just an accusation) before you can be arrested.

The twist is, Japan is a land of many, many surveillance cameras. Depending on where you live, they can be mounted everywhere - street poles, traffic signals, store fronts, the station area, etc. If the police have already issued a restraining order or warning of some sort, and then another complaint comes, why not just check the video footage of the dozens of cameras mounted around the city? If they see the alleged stalker near the victim, then we've got a concrete basis for stronger police action. I've often wondered why they don't do that, when these stories pop up.

It is just like the American guy in Saitama and his family just before Christmas... short of jailing someone there is very little that can be done. I wonder how many of these anti-stalking orders Japan issues yearly?

Send that scumbag to gallows !!..

On a February 14.

But a chick stalks a guy twice and they don't delay on an arrest.

Send that scumbag to gallows !!..

That parasite should be receive the firing squad.

I hope the cops covered up the cameras in the cell block and tuned him up good.

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Terauchi, a 31-year-old restaurant worker,

Good riddance, drop this useless individual off at the nearest cliff.

And so he ISN'T 50..........whoever gave that description the other day should also be locked up for ignorance.

Police issued a warning against him the same month and banned him from approaching her

They sure told him, didn't they?! Hmm, I wonder why this didn't work?

I think you missed a comma (although it may have been edited since your comment)

It was, as I copy-pasted the quote directly from the article. No mention of it being changed either.

Makes a bit more sense now!

This is really a case in point regarding the news report from yesterday. Yesterday we heard that a woman was arrested by the police for stalking a man. Here, this man was merely issued an order to "stay away" from the woman he was stalking, and the final result? He murdered her. What are the Japanese police actually doing? How many times have we heard this story now?

WHAT LAW? WHAT ORDER? The attack occurred despite police issuing an order last year for Susumu Terauchi. Police issued a warning against him the same month and banned him from approaching her, based on the stalker regulation law. This is tragic for Kawano to lose her life so close to the day she was born. The police dropped the ball, had they done their job perhaps she would be still alive. What Law what order, nothing was done just a warning given.

sir_bentley28

I'm so sorry for that.

Ayumi Sa.

sir_bentley28

I'm so sorry for that.

Graciously appreciated!

elephant200Jan. 19  10:42 am JST

The lady was 7 years older than the guy. I think their relationship was a strange one and he must loced her very much. Just he chose a wrong one to endup!

Bro... wake up. For one, it's sexist if you think a woman being older than a man is "strange" because why would a man be interested in an older woman?!? Why not just like someone for who they are older or not? (just keep it legal, obviously)

and for two, murdering someone if you get rejected by them is NOT love, it's an obsession and possessive... "if I can't have her, no one can"

Also, this woman was a mother. I feel so sorry for her child(ren) and the rest of her family. SO SO sad... I am always around Hakata Station too.. spooky.

Alex Jan. 19  07:44 pm JST

This is really a case in point regarding the news report from yesterday. Yesterday we heard that a woman was arrested by the police for stalking a man. Here, this man was merely issued an order to "stay away" from the woman he was stalking, and the final result? He murdered her. What are the Japanese police actually doing? How many times have we heard this story now?

Can you post which article you are referencing? I'd like to read it as I must have missed it. But I agree... the police utterly failed to protect this poor woman... I'm shocked, especially, because I am always around Hakata Station... crazy.