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Woman arrested after sending threatening messages to former lover's friend

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Police in Saitama said Thursday they have arrested a woman in her 50s for sending threatening messages to her former lover's female friend, whom she blamed for the breakup after a seven-year relationship

According to police, the woman, identified as Takako Sakamaki, sent malicious messages to her ex-lover's female friend, writing "shine (死ね)" or "die," between September and October last year, TBS reported. Police said that Sakamaki sent over 21 threatening messages in one month, which led to her eventual arrest on stalker charges.

Sakamaki was quoted as saying, "It was that woman's fault that our relationship ended, and I was furious." However, she said she never actually threatened the woman.

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I don't know if, in this case, she should have been arrested. Certainly she needed an intervention; but after 7 years, it's likely she needed someone to help her get through that tough time. I sort of feel bad for her :/

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How did she get her ex-lover's girlfriend's number or email address? It seems the problem could have been solved by changing her number or address or putting some kind of block on her....

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saying "die" and saying "i will kill you" are different. "Die"is not a threat.. My Jr. HS student says teachers even say "死ね" joking with students. People need to chill.

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Sad when things don't work out as hoped for. Still to blame the partner's girlfriend is misplaced anger. He showed interest in her and chose to accept her attention. Not saying to threaten him, but recognize that he is not the prize she thinks he was.

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@Debucho

saying "die" and saying "i will kill you" are different. “Die” is not a threat.. My Jr. HS student says teachers even say "死ね" joking with students.

I beg to differ... I certainly didn't find it a very "funny joke" when some idiot wrote “死ね”in the snow on my windscreen...

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Sad when things don't work out as hoped for. Still to blame the partner's girlfriend is misplaced anger. He showed interest in her and chose to accept her attention. Not saying to threaten him, but recognize that he is not the prize she thinks he was.

I agree that sometimes relationships don't work out, but blaming the guy on this seems premature consindering you don't even know any details. The only clue we have is an unstable ex sending threatening messages. Still think the guy was "not the prize"?

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If you notice, I said "what she thinks". As you stated jonopbugs, we only know that this unhappy woman is stalking a third person in this broken relationship. We each take responsibility for our own decisions. to blame another for actions taken is wrong. It was the man who left ,as far as we know.There could be many reasons that this relationship did not work out. All too often the wrong person is made out to be responsible. The man in this affair could have been fully innocent and left with good reason, but to harass the new girlfriend and accuse her is not right. And yes, this woman needs to get help dealing with this situation, maybe now she can.

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In her fifties?

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My wife says "死ね" to me all the time in jest, although she has said it seriously a few times. Sadly, for her, I'm still around!

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My wife says "死ね" to me too, three or four times a day. I've also spent three weeks in hospital with severe food poisoning....

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Most cultured worlds take the word die as the same as kill and not to stop this woman would, probably, led to harm coming to the woman she threatened.

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Good thing they put the Japanese writing in there, otherwise it would have been,

"Shine or die!"

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