Posted in: Kishida questioned over scantily clad dancers at LDP party See in context
But they’ll still win the next general election.
Depressingly.
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Posted in: LDP chapter says it held inappropriate party for junior members in November See in context
Nothing but scandal and controversy surrounding this political party.
Yet, they get voted back in, in every single election.
What a sad and damning indictment of the general apathy in this country.
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Posted in: Guy Ritchie serves up a meaty thriller-comedy series on Netflix with 'The Gentlemen' See in context
And will Jason Statham be taking on his usual role of “lovable rogue”…?
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Posted in: Woman returns home from work to find man hiding under her bed See in context
Gazman,
Even in the countryside, I’ll never understand why someone wouldn’t just take the normal precaution of locking their front door or car.
It’s not like it’s in any way troublesome, it takes about two seconds to do.
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Posted in: Former nurse at hospital arrested for secretly filming female patient undergoing surgery See in context
Is this some new type of perversion?
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Posted in: 3 arrested for buying stolen copper wire in at least 76 cases See in context
Mr Kipling, you are suggesting copper wire thieves deserve to die?
That's pretty hardline, even by this website's commenters' low standards.
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Posted in: Mother gets 2 years in prison over death of 3-year-old daughter See in context
Another ridiculously lenient sentence handed down by a Japanese court.
Is the possession of recreational class C drugs the only crime they clamp down on strongly?
Some of the sentencing for murder seems to be incredibly low and sexual offenses are dealt with by no more than a slap on the wrist, it would appear.
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Posted in: Suspect arrested over murder of 77-year-old man in Mie See in context
If the guy lived there, surely his DNA is everywhere. Any lawyer worth his salt would argue that
Cops better get their usual confession….
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Posted in: 88-year-old peeping Tom arrested for voyeurism at women’s bath at Miyagi inn See in context
That’s a superb excuse.
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Posted in: High school girl killed, likely after being dragged 5 km by car See in context
@John
Unless he did it deliberately, it’s not murder.
It could be called vehicular manslaughter or death by dangerous driving.
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Posted in: Suspect arrested for murder of two women to undergo psychiatric tests See in context
An example can be seen above.
Why do you support and enjoy the death penalty so much Tokyoliving?
Is it because you see it as a deterrent or simply that it satisfies your blood lust for revenge.
On the good old gallows, of which you always speak.
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Posted in: Suspect arrested for murder of two women to undergo psychiatric tests See in context
At US Reamer.
I think the desire for and popularity of the death penalty in Japan is based on the idea of revenge, rather than the prevention of further crimes.
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Posted in: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto Animation arson attack See in context
@virusrex
Ordinarily, I’m not a supporter of the death penalty but when you murder 36 completely innocent people in such a cruel and horrifying way, and you are clearly guilty of the crime, you have forfeited your right to be dealt with by a justice system in any other way.
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Posted in: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto Animation arson attack See in context
I think certain extreme, particulary heinous crimes warrant the death penalty.
This is definitely one of them.
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Posted in: 21-year-old sentenced to death for crime he committed as a minor for 1st time in Japan See in context
@pseudonymouse
Japan murders condemned criminals by hanging.
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Posted in: ‘I never lost a fight against a man’: The story of the only woman to join Japan’s notorious yakuza See in context
As others have written, why is this violent criminal being celebrated here?
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Posted in: 21-year-old sentenced to death for crime he committed as a minor for 1st time in Japan See in context
@Tokyoliving
I find it mildly disturbing, the delight and glee you take in capital punishment.
I read you wrote “live and let live” on another post recently.
You obviously didn’t mean that.
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Posted in: 2 men disguised as delivery workers assault, rob man at his apartment See in context
@Paul Spira
Were you expecting Japan to be a country that has no crime?
I don’t think such a country exists.
As is commonly known though, crime rates here are far lower than in most other countries.
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Posted in: Real estate rental agent arrested over sexual assault of client in car See in context
@Redemption
You want someone to answer your question and describe what happens in a sexual assault?
You can use your imagination.
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Posted in: 2 Canadians face charges over smuggling of record stimulant amount at Haneda See in context
@Judy
You want them to search ALL bags?
I certainly don’t.
Do you realize how long it would take to get out of the airport after you have arrived back in Japan if they did that?
No thanks
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Posted in: Police panel proposes up to ¥12,000 fine for cycling violations See in context
Japan really is hard up for money.
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Posted in: 2 Canadians face charges over smuggling of record stimulant amount at Haneda See in context
Kwakiutler
You reckon they became Canadian citizens for the sole purpose of smuggling drugs in to Japan?
That sounds like complete nonsense to me.
How about the theory that they became Canadian citizens and at some point in their lives in Canada, they became involved in drug distribution?
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Posted in: 2 Canadians face charges over smuggling of record stimulant amount at Haneda See in context
@wallace
The arrest took place in November, the prosecutor just charged them, thus it being in the news now.
Japanese police are very fast to administer drug testing, in fact I remember a couple of years ago, a Japanese policeman was racing back to the police station to drug test a suspect when he knocked over and killed a pedestrian.
Of course, I don’t think he received any real punishment for it…..
It was considered extremely important to find a minute trace of cannabis in someone’s blood…
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Posted in: 2 Canadians face charges over smuggling of record stimulant amount at Haneda See in context
Wallace,
They never seem to reveal it, in any drug case
The vague term “stimulants” they solely use could be any one of at least four drugs I can think of.
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Posted in: 2 Canadians face charges over smuggling of record stimulant amount at Haneda See in context
@wallace
It’s called reporting the full facts of a story.
If it was a story about a murder, you would expect the way the murder was committed to be reported.
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Posted in: 2 Canadians face charges over smuggling of record stimulant amount at Haneda See in context
@Eastman,
With the exception of Singapore, please give us a modern example of a drug smuggler being executed in a 1st world developed country.
You can’t because it doesn’t happen.
So many people here seem to love capital punishment…..
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Posted in: 2 Canadians face charges over smuggling of record stimulant amount at Haneda See in context
You think so Wallace?
Yes, they were obviously mules.
I don’t think the drug king pin usually smuggles his/her own merchandise around the world.
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Posted in: Fireman arrested for assaulting man in wheelchair at train station toilet in Tokyo See in context
FalseflagSteve
“That silly man”.
You mean the drunken thug that attacked a defenseless person in a wheelchair?
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Posted in: Fireman arrested for assaulting man in wheelchair at train station toilet in Tokyo See in context
I trust and hope this individual is being named and shamed in the Japanese media.
Beating up someone in a wheelchair, it doesn’t get much lower than that.
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Posted in: 3 ex-SDF members found guilty of sexually assaulting female colleague in landmark case See in context
Suspended sentences as I predicted yesterday.
How typical of a Japanese court.
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Posted in: Controversial 'Civil War' movie prompts debate over U.S. schism
Posted in: Controversial 'Civil War' movie prompts debate over U.S. schism
Posted in: Bank of Japan ends negative interest rate policy, opting for its first hike in 17 years