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How come this dna testing was done so fast but others take weeks?

Not only that, but how in the world did they know to match it to her, and what was the other source of the DNA they matched it to? Is it standard procedure when someone has gone missing to raid their apartment for DNA samples?

Make them want to.

Nakagawa’s parents told police their son mentioned to them several days ago that he had a problem at work.

Jeez, that's horrible. Not only did this poor guy die in apparent agony, but his last days were probably spent in fear and terror as well. Although, I wonder if they actually intended to kill him.

Was he alive when they found him, and died at the hospital, or was he dead when the passerby saw him?

Seat belts would have saved everybody. Why can they not understand this?

I remember going to traffic school many years ago (to avoid a ding on my insurance)and they drilled it into us how much seat belts can help, even in the most horrific accidents.

Yea, they're inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as being dead.

I guarantee you if they put a cut out of some ugly looking foreigner that said "thanks for you cash!" people would think twice about making bank transfers.

So what if Tuna disappears. People will find something else to eat. It's human nature to use up all the resources, and then move on. Maybe with no more tuna to eat, Japanese will eat more American beef.

Wouldn't it be better to give these books to a friend?

Once I bought stock in a trading company that specialized in this sort of thing, but I got bamboozled.

The only thing bamboo is good for is building hats.

@ninjaninaritai

3 out of 7 (4 out of 8) of these countries hunt whales. So not sure what you are referring to.

I was referring to this article, which is about hunting dolphins. How many of the G8 countries hunt dolphins?

nice skirt, nice pose. Love with they push their chest forward like that.

Sorry Japan, but if you expect to manufacture and sell first class products, and continually beg for a permanent seat on the UN security council, and fire your chief of tourism for not hitting your tourist quota's, you gotta expect some scrutiny and judgment for things that aren't accepted in other G7 (G8?) Countries.

You can't expect to be a first world country on one hand, but get angry when people question your 500 year old "culture" on the other.

Right or wrong, that's just the way it is. And if they put up "no foreigner" signs on fishing villages, that too will receive international disdain.

I just saw this face on some big flag type banner at a gas station today. I had to a double take to make sure it was him. Must be getting paid a heap of cash for a simple photo.

Looking forward to shutter island, though. Trailers look good.

An escape from reality

What do you think reading about mini skirt j-girls on JT is?

Everybody involved in this story is guilty.

Kid - not tucking in your shirt when teacher asks.

Teacher - flying off the handle and getting violent

Mother - only comes forward when another parent calls

BofE - Let's hold a meeting to figure out what to do? WTF?

Father - DUDE, where the hell are you?

Principal - Lying and trying to cover up his cover up

Japanese Society - - - FAIL

The dolphin massacre is little known in Japan

Yea, I can attest to that. Last year they were jazzed that the movie about the coffin maker won something, wonder how they'll react when I tell them the Oscar for best documentary was about Japan...

operating in a way that was understood in Japan

Ignoring the problem and hoping it goes away

Well, it is important to track your drinking so you don't fall behind and have to depend on your friends to help you back up.

But when it comes to alcohol, some people just have a one track mind...

I wondering if the guy that pushed the button was wearing his track suit...

You were there? You witnessed everything? Then don't jump to conclusions

The only conclusions I jumped to were the ones presented in the article.

saved from certain death by fellow passengers who pushed the emergency button

Pathetic. Old guy falls on the track, and the only dude that jumps in to save him is a 79 y/o? Mighty heroic, that button pushing. Might have sprained your thumb.

Glad the old guy's OK, though. Still a nice story to read.

are they part of the red man group?

If they were they'd be promoting tobacco...

I always thought that the ladies that worked at those nurseries were nutters that couldn't hook up and make their own families.

taking a 1-year-old boy to the class next door for children under 1-year-old and hitting him.

not exactly sure what that sentence means. Did the teachers hit him, or have the kids under 1 hit him, or what?

nutters are everywhere, watch your backs, and make sure your kids know that you'll bring the fury to any who antagonize them

I loved him in The Usual Suspects

"Throw me the keys you f** c*****"

"In English Please."

"Throw me the keys you f** c***** WTF???"

Way to stay on top of things pop! Glad the kid is OK. 20 is pretty young to have a kid. Gonna be hard on dad now that mom's in the clink, though. Hope grandma and grandpa can help.

Why is she covering up such nice legs with a potato sack?

Amano has quite the shiny suit...

So I have no idea where this "away from the thumb" idea comes from.

You generally start near your thumb, and either down, along the veins, towards, you or across perpendicular to the veins. Either way the cut starts near the thumb and goes out from there. Since the thumb is only one point, you can pretty much cut any direction starting from there. Hold a pretend knife and cut at your wrists to see what I'm talking about.

If the cuts were a significant time after death (the news is not reporting the lag between the death and the cut, but I'll bet the police know) then they blood wouldn't have clotted at all around the area of the cut.

I'm sure any good coroner worth his or her salt has seen enough suicide wounds and knew this one was different than all the rest.

News reports tend to dumb down the specifics to keep people from clicking off to another site.

Of course, I really have no idea what I'm talking about. I came a little late to this party.

How does one determine a cut in the wrist was not self-inflicted? I can't think of a direction I could not cut my own wrist! And just saying the cut was made after death is not quite enough. How long after death? I think it would be near impossible to determine if a cut were made minutes before or after death

Dude, don't you ever watch CSI? a self inflicted wound on the wrist would generally be away from the thumb, as the other hand holding the blade would be more comfortable that way.

Determining how much clotting there is around the wound, they can tell how long someone has been dead. Dead blood doesn't pump out, and would leave a different clotting signature.

At least that's what Horatio would say.

An offer to remove them and re assemble them is nice, but I bet they would have been much more successful if they offered a huge chunk of change for them.

Owning some 1500 year old statues would be a huge tourist draw.

Man, It would be funny as hell to see a video of these guys evading the j-stones.