Father of boy accused of attacking two girls in Saitama, Chiba faces charges

What a great role model. Kudos to police for hold the father responsible too.

Ohhh! I get it. After reading the title of the article, I thought the dad attacked two girls in Saitama.

Oh God, here we go! Corruption of a minor? For giving him knives? Did the knives whisper for him to kill?

I have had knives in my pockets since I was 7 years old! I was about 11 when I got my first survival knife. I made my own sword when I was about 13. I never attacked anyone with them!

The problem here is that the father did not notice that his boy was a nut, mostly likely because the father is also a nut.

From the sounds of it,. a problem household - kid going to correspondence school it telling. Happy to hear dad is being charged. If more parents were also charged for their kids crimes, I think they'd keep a better eye on their kids.

Doesn't sound like the kid has had a nurturing, balanced home life to start with. Why would any father encourage his child to walk around the streets carrying knives? Words fail me. Can you imagine if it had been guns instead? I think the father should be held responsible too though he sounds like a nutjob as well.

tmarie&Samantha: Exactly.

Any adult giving these WEAPONS to a minor is a complete IDIOT!! What kind of a parent would do this?? Bakayarro!!!

Perhaps the father was a woman-hater & was grooming the boy in HIS insane image!

Why the number 3?

What kind of knives are illegal if you have minors at home? Never heard of that one.

Maybe he was just a super-paranoid dad...

What kind of knives are illegal if you have minors at home? Never heard of that one.

I was thinking the same thing... I've read the Japanese Knife Laws and their 2009 revision and I don't remember seeing anything that had to do with minors and knives at home but there was mention of several kinds of knives and swords/spears that were completely banned. Maybe they are talking about those.

Actually, the law would probably allow for a neck knife like a "la griffe" since it is so small but might not allow me to carry my Swiss army knife because it has a saw that's too long. Go figure.

GOOD. When all this came out in the first place I said I would like to see the family investigated for the way they have raised the kid. Sounds like they have done just that, and this father sounds very much like he has created this monster. He should also have to pay the price for it. This is not parenting, its coercion to commit a crime.

Like father, like son, I guess

Those walking sticks you use on Fuji with the stamps on them are considered weapons. (Swords)

Mine was taken away from me on a flight last summer.

Maybe he had a few of those.

I would think my cooking knives would be more dangerous.

Like father, like son? What a sick family.

Well, if they were illegal to posses, than charge the man, bottom line.

What a family tree, corrupt through and through.

After the boy was arrested, police found over 60 survival knives in his home where he lived with his father, and that 10 of the knives were illegal to possess in a household with minors.

So... Two hands... 60 survival knives. Does anyone else here think the guy wasn't sure about the knives being able to allow him to survive? Papa-san is a nutter-san. Once you have more "survival" knives than you can carry, you've gone off the deep end.

Lock the father up, get the kid into some serious psychiatric care, and maybe, just maybe, it is not too late to undo the damage his father has done to him and give him the chance of leading a normal life at some point.

This is the same kid who was expelled from his school for bringing in bits of dead animal (cat, I think it was). I think it was tmarie that called it (speculatively) and I remember at the time a few people ripping into you saying there was no evidence, etc etc - well, its out for all to see now, isnt it?

I just dont buy it that some kids are "born bad" - this kid didnt stand a chance of growing up normally with a father like this. I just hope it is not too late to undo the damage that has been done.

Hey, they are knives, I get it but, if you want to compare role models then, on Monday they were showing on TV how Parents in the US encourage their kids to play with guns, and not just simple handguns, these kindergartners were firing away tactical weapons used by military forces.

Hey, they are knives, I get it but, if you want to compare role models then, on Monday they were showing on TV how Parents in the US encourage their kids to play with guns, and not just simple handguns, these kindergartners were firing away tactical weapons used by military forces

Equally sick, but we are not talking about comparing countries or cultures here, just individuals."Parents in the US" do not encourage their kids to play with guns anyore than "Parents in Japan" keep over 60 survival knives at home. Just the ones you saw on a TV show and just the Dad in this story. This is not a US v Japan thing. Just an individual parenting issue and yes, there are crap parents all over the world, no one is denying that.

Japan has lots of sick, whacked in the head types, so I just thank god/s we don't have the racist, fascist neo nazi NRA here in Japan! Just imagine having Japanese hillbillies giving their offspring M16 s for a Merry Christmas and then sending them to Itoyokado?? Daie?? to go and buy lots and lots of shiny new armor piercing bullets!!

@ Nicky! Well said! Any parent.....except if they are a family act in a circus...encouraging their kids to play with knives.....guns or any form of violent behaivour should have their kids removed from them. And no matter how you want to compare, whatever country, they are still bad parents.

Samantha.

Ahem, I do have a large cache of MA weapons(all legal/registered and fully sharpened). My son also trains with some of them.

My grandfather had over 40 firearms in his house(open) dating back to his WWII service and hunting weapons.

Neither is a problem if the kid is raised properly and taught to respect weapons.

Don't seem to have happened here and glad they got the nut case father.

Papa should've been teaching his kid how to jab and move, not stab and lose.

put the boy in a detention center til he turns 20 then throw him in jail.