Michelin-starred Kobayashi's Paris home broken into; wife badly injured

Hmm. How much money, jewelry, etc did they get? Or did they just come to assault her while hubby was conveniently away on a business trip?

Another dent in the Japanese image of Paris as the romantic city of lights where everyone is beautiful and stylish.

I saw a short video from a Japanese woman who lives in Paris. She just uploaded it to Instagram. A pickpocket got his escape route wrong and ended up running into the tunnels of the metro, where the police had to get him.

This chef, if he's that good, could surely do just as well for himself if he came back to Japan and opened a restaurant here.

Safer in Japan. Paris is a slum.

Paris is a filthy crime riddled toilet. Avoid at all costs.

European cities becoming third-world

This chef, if he's that good, could surely do just as well for himself if he came back to Japan and opened a restaurant here.

Not when you can charge 150€ for lunch and 580€ for dinner or 280€ for a tasting menu ... don't know about you but don't think I'd be dinning there very often specially on the wages the average Haruto gets here... and I would most likely still be hungry after and need to stop at Lawson for a rice-ball on the way home.

Too bad he did not have a protective dog in the house.. German Shepherd or similar. Would sound a warning then go into action to protect the home and his masters. Adios criminals.

Bad news for everyone, visited Paris and London back in the early 90's had a blast with two friends, never felt threatened or in danger or even seen any trouble around.

The people were friendly, the food was great, visited the Louvre and spent lots of time at night checking out bars and live shows in the red district.

Sad to hear and read the news but then I look around the world these days almost everything is going mad and crazy some more than the others.

MocheakeToday 07:53 am JST

Hmm. How much money, jewelry, etc did they get? Or did they just come to assault her while hubby was conveniently away on a business trip?

What are you inferring by using ..."*while hubby was conveniently away on a business trip?*" Sounds like you are inferring that he was in some way involved on this assault and wanted harm to come to her?

illegal immigration at its best,Emmanuel must be "proud"

Or did they just come to assault her while hubby was conveniently away on a business trip?

Why don't you start a new conspiracy theory?

Home invasion robberies are as bad as it gets. This seems to have been a problem in France for quite some time, as it happened to an American friend at his country chateau over 20 years ago.

At the time of the Hamas atrocities I said the Israeli response would be biblical.

None of their enemies are safe, anywhere.

Problem is a lot of these 'celebrities' post their whereabouts on Instagram etc. So, thieves know when they are away from home!

Some dude

Another dent in the Japanese image of Paris as the romantic city of lights where everyone is beautiful and stylish.

Indeed. Same for other Western European capitals. Japanese tend to have this Norman-Rockwell image of cosy and safe Europe of yesterday. Sadly, those days are gone.

Bad news for everyone, visited Paris and London back in the early 90's had a blast with two friends, never felt threatened or in danger or even seen any trouble around.

And of course Paris is as safe now as it was then. Probably even safer.

Never bee there, never will

Great Bird

Bad news for everyone, visited Paris and London back in the early 90's had a blast with two friends, never felt threatened or in danger or even seen any trouble around.

And of course Paris is as safe now as it was then. Probably even safer.

Are you joking?

TokyoSageToday 08:58 am JST

European cities becoming third-world

The Euros invented the third-world. Before they showed up, most of those places were very nice. Their racism, violence and greed is what destroyed most. Karma? So many here think it is impossible for Japanese to do wrong but my eyes are always wide open to all possibilities. They mentioned nothing in the article about anything being stolen and that raised my eyebrows.

The Euros invented the third-world. Before they showed up, most of those places were very nice. Their racism, violence and greed is what destroyed most. Karma?

A wise person entered to the comment section. Glad to see there are still people who can see things beyond the newspaper headlines.

Indeed. Same for other Western European capitals. Japanese tend to have this Norman-Rockwell image of cosy and safe Europe of yesterday. Sadly, those days are gone.

In Zaphods mind, the only safe city on earth is Moscow.

Mocheake-

The Euros invented the third-world. Before they showed up, most of those places were very nice. Their racism, violence and greed is what destroyed most. Karma? 

Sure.

Africa - and the undeveloped world - were a paradise before Europeans turned up. They all got along, no fighting, plenty of food for all, as well as medical care. There was no violence and everyone shared resources equally.

We all believe that.

Toblerone

Today 11:04 am JST 

At the time of the Hamas atrocities I said the Israeli response would be biblical. 

None of their enemies are safe, anywhere

That's got ZERO to do with this story.