Woman arrested for beating sister to death with rock in Yokohama

Too much crime news! Let's hear something positive about Japanese society once in a while.

I agree with rjd_jr. There is stuff to fix here in Japanese society and a degree of owning-up to the issues faced by society from the Japanese themselves. However, how many Japanese people read this website?

Plus, a perpetual stream of doom-laden news also has its own effect, in one part to numb people to such stuff - causing them to switch off - and on the other hand to paint an overly depressing view of life.

I believe the wide coverage of crimes will help society/govt in taking appropriate measures that will bring some hope for the future.

I think this all has to do with basic human values. This repressed society is devoid of emotional development or any outward sign of emotion from their youths. This is slowly changing within Japanese society, as I see more and more parents kissing and hugging their children publicly, however this approach needs to be embraced more within this country. I think then, people will be viewed as human beings vice burdens or agitators. If these natural human emotions are repressed, this will amount to tremendous internal stress and conflict with no outlet except alcoholism (after all it's the booze talking right?) or violence. Now, I'm not saying that all Japanese have this problem, however alot of changes need to occur to promote the development of Japanese emotional values on a national level.

"Too much crime news! Let's hear something positive about Japanese society once in a while."

hehehehehe...hehehehehe..aaaaahahahahahahahaha

The suspect lives with the victim and their father but he was away from home for the day, police said.

I doubt that is true now.

We keep hearing about how young kids are snapping these days because there's not enough moral education and goosestepping in Japanese schools, specially the goosestepping. 44 years is a pretty old kid, so I'm wondering what the goosesteppers have to say about this.

There is plenty of good stuff happening in Japan. But, unfortunately, it doesnt sell as well as bad stuff!

if the abundance of crime news in Japaqn depresses you dont read it, go utside and pick flowers or rent Hello Dolly

Some14some,

Well said! Bad news is depressing, true, but maybe it helps to keep the majority of those who watch it on the straight and narrow.

“We haven’t got on for a long time. On Friday night, we had a argument and I just lost it after that.”

yep, she lost it.

rjdjr,

"Too much crime news! Let's hear something positive about Japanese society once in a while."

No ! Lets not ! Because this is the reality of todays Japan ! Todays headlines in particular pretty much says it all...

"Women arrested fo beating sister to death with a rock"

"Women gets 15 years for killing husband"

"Woman arrested for trying to flush infant child down toilet"

This is the real world here in Japan and not some erratum. Nary a Monday goes by without the headlines screaming about another whacked weekend where the relatives and so called love ones have a go at each other ! This has truly become frightening stuff and nobody can deny the levels of escalation. Japan is without a doubt a society in decline. A nation with so many social and economic ills that we don't even know where to begin. I for one can't wait to get out ! Damn scary place if you ask me !

Too much crime news! Let's hear something positive about Japanese society once in a while.

An admirable sentiment. But these horrific stories about relatively innocuous people doing dreadful things to their relatives are definitely part of a very disturbing trend in Japan. Moreover, if the reports aren't about psycho family members, they're about corrupt, useless or pervy cops, so it's no wonder not much is getting done about all the bad stuff that's going on.

They say Japan has the lowest crime rate in the first world but I believe Japan has the highest family crime rate on earth.

Hmm, I guess you can look at it two ways...

Everyone else is doing it so I might as well, too.

or

My life is pretty good compared to a lot of the people we read about here.

Think I prefer the latter.

Actually the irony of my statement escapes a few. This is the crime section and this is based on Japan news so, no surprise, it's going to be filled with the latest crime news.

The reason why it makes the news in Japan is simply because it is news. What is news in Japan has become a daily routine in other countries. And that is pretty much true for any crime comitted.

this crime is just stupid. it's no sense for me. kill her own sister because you lost an argument it s stupid. if anyone did same where goes the world. the middle age japanese women become really scary. I don't understand but japan didn't change since i was a child. it's just than a lot of people became too selfish. but japan didn't became better of bader it's same. those case are isolate. but those case sadness is just than those people give a bad image of japanese socity.

Pretty sad. I've lost it with my older brother in the past, and we've had some knock-down-drag-outs, and there have been times I felt like I wanted to kill him (I even choked him once at a skating rink for some now-long-forgotten reason) when we were growing up, but ultimately, he is my brother and I love him dearly. We differ over many things, but I'd never want to kill him! Its sad that the woman and her sister in quyestion were well above 30.

Lord help us!!!

Nessie you are correct a 44year old kid, it seems that a lot of japanese just don't mature.