Posted in: 4-year-old boy fatally struck by station wagon in Tokyo; driver arrested See in context
Fuji TV did a CG simulation - it is very likely that the kid lying flat on stomach on skateboard, is in the driver's blind spot, just like any adult pedestrian very close to a cement truck.
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Posted in: Murderers on the lam, police abuse-incited riots all part of life for Osaka’s day laborers See in context
It is surprising that JapanToday gets an article from an external source which is just a cut and paste job from various online articles. The headline will lead one to believe this is about Nishinari-ku in Osaka, but is it really?
It quoted an Huffington Post interview with Yusuke, but I read that he is born and raised in Tokyo in the original article. You dont see 30+yr olds in that Nishinari slums , walk the ground and u see they are all of a much older generation, the dwindling remnants of the construction boom in the 80s.
Please dont sensationalize the topic with words such as tragic - the real day labourers are leading tough lives. Yusuke is a representation of young adults whom did not get the best education opportunities due to family, socio-economic backgrounds. The original article is more about unfair employment practices that are hiring people on a daily and lower rate instead of a stipulated minimum monthly rate.
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