Student arrested under anti-stalker legislation after sending over 1,000 emails

Did JT ever think to ask if the girl had ever replied to one of the e-mails telling him "no"? If she did, then this guy needs a long visit with a court-appointed shrink. Note to girl: Change your email address no matter how much of a pain it is to notify your friends of the change.

@Fadamor: if it's a serious stalker then changing your e-mail will not put you out of danger from them, it will just mean that you recieve less meiwaku mail. If anything not ever responding (i.e. changing your email) could result in pissing off the stalker enough to attack. It's better to monitor their obsession so that you can tell whether or not you need to phone the police...

What this article does not tell you is that was she responding to his e-mail? Maybe she like the attention on the early stage and was responding to his e-mail, but the esclation of the demand became creepy and she tried to back off and didn't know what to do.

sfjp330:

People should be able to cease contact with another person at any time.

Nice that there is anti-stalker legislation here. I have heard a few tales of men and women getting hung up on someone and stalking them. One or two have been pretty scary.

Duh. You could just block most mails.

Blocking is easy even with the iPhone.

I sure hope he's on an unlimited data plan.

Finally, they are taking stalking seriously. I hope this case does not end as others have done. Lock him up and throw away the key!

Where was this anti stalking law a few days ago when that lady was killed her ex after recieving 1000 emails? Is this law prefectural or nation wide?

@darknuts

if you look at the last paragraph of the story, it explains why nothing could have been done in the case you mention.

but this loophole needs to be done away with. even mailing someone over 100 times should be considered stalking. or maybe just create an anit-harassment/nuisance law.

Arrested, but not before giving him full details of the victims location, and full name.

over 1,000 emails....demanding the victim become his girlfriend, Police say it was not the number of emails, but rather the unreasonable nature of the man’s requests

Er... it's just me ? I don't find it's unreasonable for a guy to ask to a classmate to go out with him. One time is normal. I find the 1000 times after her refusal are the issue. But well, I have not done the police academy.

Blocking is easy even with the iPhone.

That solves nothing for a stalker she knows in real life. He could follow her in the street. And letting the mails arrive is a way to know that he was still after her. Plus she can show the mails to the police.... and well, when you see what it takes to make them react, imagine what they say if she goes to the koban : "A guy waits for me in front my house every day...-But he does nothing unreasonable, it's a street, he has the right to be in the street. -Yeah, but he's been there 1000 times, just at my doorstep... -The number of times doesn't matter...".

@Cos Some details are missing in the English article. In Japanese: メールには「ぶっ壊してやるから覚悟しろよ」と書かれていました。which basically translates as: He wrote: 'You'd better be prepared to be messed (beaten) up!'

Thanks Skroknog, I don't doubt he wrote horrors but even if he had not.... 1000 times of anything shows dangerous obsession.