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papigiulio
What? 3 years ago already? I thought it was last year.
He is not worth the air he breathes.
englisc aspyrgend
papigiulio, my thoughts exactly, I am amazed that it is 3 years ago!
Heckleberry
What is with all these mass murders in Japan? Is psychiatric treatment inaccessible/ expensive?
Hokkaidoboy
The issue in Japan won't ackonwledge them, (psychiatric issues), just see the hikikomori phenomenon. Things like this are going to get worse as seen in Kyoto last week.
smithinjapan
Heckleberry: "What is with all these mass murders in Japan?"
Part an parcel, my man. They just like to keep it a little more on the down-low. As Hokkaido-boy kind of touches on, there is a reason that "hikkikomori" has recently been accepted into dictionaries as a Japanese term with no translation. I talked to an old lady who was shocked when I said there is no set English equivalent for the term, because it's quite simply not as widespread a problem as it is here, let alone addressing mental illness in general. Come on... they hire AKB to make mockery of how mental treatment should be, calling them "gatekeepers". That lasted for about five minutes.
Richard Burgan
The Police usually get their man quickly. But, the judicial wheels turn very slowly in Japan.
Disillusioned
Japan may very well have a lower murder rate than other countries, but that does not make Japan a 'safe' country. It's a safe country if you are a middle aged man, but if you are a woman, child, elderly or handicapped (or a manga artist or idol) it is very far from safe and you face the same dangers as any other country. What Japanese murders lack in frequency they make up for in severity.I find it difficult to believe the murder statistics with the every day occurrence of family murders and the frequent mass-murders. My guess is, they fiddle these statistics with the 'abandoning a body' charge.