Michael Grant comments

"the incident occurred just before 2 a.m., as the "17-year-old daughter" was trying to leave the house"

going out kinds late...

Uh, she was probably trying to get out of the house because her father was ...oh, I don't know... CHASING HER WITH A SWORD!

Burying them underground is very costly and problemmatic due to the other services that are already buried. But it is doable if there is the will and the money....

Public transportation is going to be nigh impossible too, I haven't heard of any plans for accomodating the influx of visitors!!

The bills are not old as in ancient, they are Fukuzawa Yukichis. The more faded ones may only fetch 50% or 25% of face value.

Shut the place down until they find the culprit! Obviously, an inside job!

TV news also reported that two suspects held on to him for 10 minutes before the oldest suspect pushed them out of the way, making the victim fall so I'm sure his arms were too tired to swim effectively.

Pretty atrocious for the most part.

“If you look at it from another perspective, Halloween’s popularity in Japan may reflect the prescience that the world is getting worse and worse,” Kaku points out.

Uh, no. It's just a fun way to express your creativity and enjoy indulging yourself...Ever heard of Cos-play? I predicted Halloween's popularity in Japan years ago when I saw how popular Cos-play had become. With hundreds of young people gathering in Yoyogi to show off their hand-made costumes...it was obvious that Halloween would be a perfect fit. Halloween's popularity in Japan (as elsewhere) is driven by young people's exuberance and appetite for play...the obtuseness of some Japanese pundits never ceases to amaze me...

I don't like Rap/Hip Hop because of it's lack of harmonies, lack of intelligent subject-matter, glorification of disrespectful behavior, and because it too often takes the easy way out by sampling REAL music and passing it off as its own.

Metallica and Black Sabbath are hardly the end-all, be-all of Metal, Keith's comment can hardly be characterized as an indictment of that musical genre as a whole. Personally, I think he's full of it...and full of himself.

In the Metal genre, I like a few bands. The best Metal, IMHO, tells a story or relates an experience/emotion...sometimes in a graphic or vulgar way, but always for the purpose of "painting" the story. I'll take Iron Maiden (Book of Souls! Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner! Revelations! Two Minutes to Midnight!) over the Stones, any day!

The news this morning said they were looking for a group of about 10 people, including at least one woman...

The article doesn't mention the conversation the girl had with friends via Line. The girl ask one friend if she could stay at the friend's house that night, but was turned down because the friend had to do something with his/her family early the next morning. So the girl said she was going to go hang out in nearby Kyoto(!!) . The girl also indicated she was not planning to return home(i.e. she was running away from home). There's a lot more to this story, folks!

The current logo is quite unoriginal. Change it!

I am sure somebody out there knows something. These cases always end up with somebody saying,"Remember how that kid used to tease and torture animals...?" etc. I just hope that person goes to tge authorities soon!

Hahahaha! .....Oh, you're serious? JAPAN!, hands down!

That is the problem with this society, people are to afraid or "proud" to ask for help, even from their own family members because they don't want to be a "burden".

Killing our "loved ones", whether requested or not, is no way to run a civilization!

This book will do nothing but inspire more insane wackos to commit the same or even more heinous crimes. Just wait...we will soon hear of a copycat killer in the news who specifically references this book. The publisher is a complete DISGRACE for spreading this sickness!

"Variety called the film “a risibly long-winded drama.” The Hollywood Reporter slammed it as “woefully sentimental and maudlin.”

Sounds like just about every Japanese drama I've seen....

They should call it "crush hour"...!

He was seen with three other older kids. Not two. Don't let a single one of those monsters get away!

Funny how depicting the face of Mohammed is "offensive" idolatry, but taking his name in vain and acting as if they ARE Mohammed by killing people is somehow okay with them. I would say Muslims are the biggest idolators (and therefore blasphemers) on the face of the earth because they presume to act on his behalf.

Fine. No pictures of Mohammed...But I don't hear anything against creating depictions of Allah, so I guess those are fair game, huh? Yes!

This same as exact scenario happened about 4 months ago! Letter in the mailbox saying not to look for her..she's at her "friend's" house....weird.

If you want a tour guide, USE THE CONCIERGE AT YOUR HOTEL!!! This should be common sense!

Great post, Hawkeye!! 100% agree!

The actual title of the article doesn't mention any name other than Park's! So where do you get "married staffer" from?

Wow! Sleazy move Japan! No, we will NOT revise our history books just to save your "face"!

Once again, Islamist exremists demonstrate their complete inability to coexist with the rest of the world, and once again we hear only crickets from the so-called "moderates."

Evil festers, while Islamic apologists sit idly by...

Oh God! Please make it STOPPPPP!!!!

Acts of desperation like this are going to become more and more common as the population here ages...I don't doubt that the man was "exhausted" from taking care of his bed-ridden mother, but this?! I wouldn't be surprised if someone suggested an 'elderly hatch' for situations like this...

Ugh! SO overrated!

When in Rome...Enough said.