German resort island shaken over Japanese chef's murder

With all that is happening in the world at the moment, why this unfortunate chef gets a headline position. Only the fact that he is Japanese makes it's news status.

ShermanMay. 19, 2013 - 07:48AM JST With all that is happening in the world at the moment, why this unfortunate chef gets a headline position. Only the fact >that he is Japanese makes it's news status.

Just guessing but maybe the name of this site "Japantoday" has something to do with that.

German tabloid newspaper Bild reported the men, who are under investigation but have yet to be arrested or charged, had refused to pay for a dish of fried rice with vegetables and beef.

Nozawa probably tried to stop the Germans from leaving without paying. He should have called the police instead.

Just guessing but maybe the name of this site "Japantoday" has something to do with that.

The news was reported and published by the Associated Press, US-based, and one of the world's largest and most influential news agencies, not by this site. AP doesn't normally cover bar fights that leave a single person dead. I guess If the guy weren't Japanese or there wasn't a Japanese food angle, AP would never have picked it up.

So the guy gets into a fight, has a brain hemorrhage and they think it may have been a preexisting illness? Unbelievable. Poor guy. Only opened his restaurant three months ago and this happens.

The media also tends to focus on unusual crimes, which this certainly is. The poor man, and his poor family.

Nozawa probably tried to stop the Germans from leaving without paying. He should have called the police instead.

The reports I have read indicate that these two 'skilled workers' did leave without paying but caught up with Nozawa later where the altercation took place, possibly at a dance or nightclub type venue. His ex-wife is charging the locals with racism and the police for being reluctant to recognize right wing hate crime. What universe do you live in where the violent death of a world renowned chef over his meal is not news, regardless of the nationality involved ?

57 and in a nightclub!!!

In Japan, he probably wouldn't have gotten through the door, guilt by nationality.

Maybe his food was pretty ordinary and these thugs refused to pay - however there is no reason to then attack a 57 year old. Rest in Peace, and may these killers be locked up for a very long time.

BurakuminDesMay. 19, 2013 - 09:50AM JST

Maybe his food was pretty ordinary and these thugs refused to pay - however there is no reason to then attack a 57 year old. Rest in Peace, and may these killers be locked up for a very long time.

My thoughts exactly if the local fare of 'fried rice with vegetables and beef' is anything to go by. Probably forgot to throw in the ketchup or mayo and without those how could it possibly be classed as Japanese cuisine?

Probably he tried to call the police, but the criminals brutally hit his head.

In Japan, he probably wouldn't have gotten through the door, guilt by nationality.

It seems to have gone down on the street outside the club....in any case, the story is obviously quite horrifying for a victim of any age or race, particularly troubling is the fact that two men involved have been identified but as yet not arrested.

The prosecutor Ulrike Stahlmann-Liebelt doesn't seem to be in any hurry to prosecute the two men.

Alcohol.

According to the cited "newspaper" the nightclub was a table dance bar. Allegedly, Nozawa confonted the men for not having paid earlier in his restaurant and demanded 10 Euro from each of them. So much for world class cuisine.

House Artreides:

" Nozawa probably tried to stop the Germans from leaving without paying. He should have called the police instead. "

You don´t know that. I don´t know that. We don´t even know if the customers were German. The article does not give that information, this is all speculation at this point.

I agree that the article made it to headline here because the victim is Japanese, but I think that is only natural.

JeffLee: In stating the obvious you still miss the point; Ossan is right. This is a Japanese news site, first and foremost, in that it posts news related to Japan and the Japanese (plus the World section and some unrelated sports and entertainment news). As such it's perfectly natural the site would post news on the death of a Japanese national, be it as 'minute' as some may see compared to what else is going on in the world. You can bet if an American chef were killed in some remote area it would make the papers in the US, etc. It's rare that I agree with Ossan, and rarer still that I give him the thumbs up, but his rather poignant response is indeed on the mark.

Anyway, they are holding the people responsible, and even if the autopsy reports show it was a medical condition, the men still need to be charged with assault at the very least.

Stupid lowlife brutes! There an exclusive Japanese chef opens a restaurant for you at the a** of the world and you thank that to him by lacking any sense for good food.

CGB Spender: "Stupid lowlife brutes! There an exclusive Japanese chef opens a restaurant for you at the a** of the world and you thank that to him by lacking any sense for good food."

Well, you can't really assume the food was good just because it's a Japanese chef. Maybe it was indeed genuinely bad, and the men had a right to complain. It does not, of course, forgive the actions that followed by any means, but assuming it's automatically good because it's a Japanese chef (who dealt in 'fusion' for that matter) is not exactly proactive.

Actually this is old news, I read about this in the huffington post when it first happened like last week... and it was because he made bad yaki soba, which is not hard to do.. still RIP Miki

Well, you can't really assume the food was good just because it's a Japanese chef. Maybe it was indeed genuinely bad, and the men had a right to complain.

Apparently this guy worked at a pretty high class restaurant before opening his own so I would assume he's a highly skilled chef. Some people just can't appreciate good food. I bet they still ate it all though.

and it was because he made bad yaki soba, which is not hard to do.

Didn't expect 2 Germans from an island I never heard of to be experts on yakisoba.

DudeDeuce:

" Didn't expect 2 Germans from an island I never heard of to be experts on yakisoba. "

The island is actually famous in Germany. It is kind of the German version of Palm Beach... a place to for the rich, the famous and the wannabe famous to see and be seen. I doubt that that the 2 yakisoba experts are among them, though.

And "German" is not the operative word. The operative word is "drunk out of their minds".

Didn't expect 2 Germans from an island I never heard of to be experts on yakisoba. Not yakizoba but experts on takoyaki, they were!

Reminds me of the bad tempered "ochchan" in Osaka streets, probably he thought that 2 young dudes partying in Europe would take him seriously when he faced them in the street and demanded money.If he thought so,he SHOULD have stayed in Japan,instead of trying his luck somewhere else.Poor guy,hope he rests in peace.

More/different reporting on this here: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20130516-49745.html#.UZjnMZyjkiM

But the pair deemed the food unsatisfactory and failed to settlle the £16.91 bill. Nozawa later cornered the suspects at a nearby lapdancing club and their argument escalated into a full-blown brawl and the chef was beaten unconscious. German newspaper Bild reported that Nozawa sustained ‘big purple bruises’ on the left side of his body.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lud3kmIDmDo (German)

Fight happened later at a "table dance" club --> shown in video.

Sherman. This i a Japanese news site so of course Japanese victim of crime is of interest. Happens everywhere.

My guess is that these two men tried to get free food by pretending to complain about the food... That happens a lotnin chinese restaurants in London...scums !!

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/17/18316420-chef-to-the-stars-miki-nozawa-dies-following-confrontation-over-unpaid-bill