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YrralToday  07:17 am JST

What was the crime

What you read here in this article in the Japantoday is not complete, other publications but mostly in Japanese only are much more informative. For example she sold her manual about how to cheat men to another woman in Nagoya, gave her online lessons for an additional fee how to go ahead step by step with two men she met somewhere and she indeed successfully cheated them out of more than 10 million yen. This woman in Nagoya was also arrested.

It is reported, she is out of a broken family, with many problems in school, considers herself as a self-proclaimed sex worker, she also had no fixed address where she was living when she was arrested.

She had also female clients online against a fee instructing them how to exploit men financially.

She was arrested because of that, and only later, during police investigation it was found out that she herself has also defrauded men using tricks described in her manual.

The sum she cheated out of other men is unclear but estimated much higher than 155 million yen. She was indicted only for approx. 155 million yen because this amount related to 3 men could be proven in court.

A large part of the money she got from men was wasted by her in a host club. These two hosts were also arrested, because they were aware about her activities regarding defrauding men.

Some men are really gullible, and shameless women are trying to scam them out of their money.

Nothing new about that and not only in Japan, but worldwide. It is amazing to see how love from women is going through the wallets of men. In general nobody really cares about that.

What makes however this woman so special is the huge sum of money she collected from only three men, she wrote even a manual how to cheat men and instructed an other woman how to do the same and even transferred a part of this money she took to two hosts in a host club in Kabukicho in Tokyo to have fun with them.

These two hosts were also arrested, as reported in other news publications, as they were aware that this money was obtained by fraud.

This woman is simply said a criminal, a fraudster, why not to send her to prison for a while.

Are these claimed "non intent to kill" claims actually acceptable in court?

Why not? I think, they are acceptable and I find her to be violent but honest. They were living together and as a woman she could even claim easily he was attacking her and she was acting in self defense and insist that not he but she is the victim - but she did not.

She is merely a violent person, easily out of self control, but I am sure she did not want to kill him.

Police will also question the man soon, I wonder what he will say. I would not be surprised if they will continue to live together.

This monument was on Japanese public land, and the contract mentioned clearly a time limit and the requirement of extension for another 10 years.

As reported in some Japanese news the monument was removed, but the three plates of the monument were not destroyed but detached and returned to the citizens group that owned the memorial.

Maybe these members of this group own some land and they can ask for permission to construct a new monument on private land and display these plates to the public.

Another solution might be to display these plates in a Korean school or church or museum or similar private place.

Three goalsMar. 20 03:34 am JST

OMG, like I always say, why not try ASKING the girl OUT ?!

I think some Japanese men have a lot of problems communicating with the opposite sex.

About this convenience store manager, he is an idiot. He can find and download for free countless of such pictures from the internet for free. Why to look for trouble?

However about communicating with females in Japan, yes, true, it's quite difficult, just my opinion. Men are often lonely.

To approach any female for a private chat is a clear NO at the workplace, if something is going wrong, you might be without job next day. In college or university, you might become a target of scorn and considered as a loser by other classmates.

Japanese Internet is also a questionable way to look out for contacts, as many female profiles are fakes of a person who does not even exist or the profile contains seriously misleading information - other profiles are merely advertisements for clubs and soaplands.

Situation is even worse in Japanese rural areas, there are often only old couples around and some young men, you cannot try to contact a young woman as there is none.

If you ask me where and how to find contact with a female as a young man in Japan, I have no idea. I am living in a condominium building in Western Japan since many years and I have no idea who my neighbors are.

What a crazy guy. LOL. The best what you can do is not to enter these pachinko parlors at all. Avoid them. It helps to keep your money in your wallet and to avoid find yourself in trouble.

I do not understand why women socialize with gangsters. Stay away from such kind of men.

There are plenty of other men to choose from who are honest and would never harm a woman.

To see geishas and maikos walking around in the streets is unique also for Japanese tourist groups in Kyoto and I can say, especially the Japanese visitors are taking a lot of pictures and not only in a discrete way by a mobile phone from a distance but also using big cameras with strong flash light.

And why not? Without these unique geishas and maikos in the streets no tourist will walk around in that area, as you can visit similar historical villages with narrow streets in many places in Japan.

Without international and domestic tourists all these geishas in Kyoto would be jobless. You cannot ask tourists to come and visit your place while demanding they should not take pictures or walking around entering narrow historically interesting roads.

TokyoLivingFeb. 18 12:17 am JST

Too old for drive a car...

No more elderly driving..

Since last year it is not so easy anymore to renew your driving license if you are 70+.

You have to book a date/time for your elderly driver test a few months in advance before your license expires. There is a very strict eye-test, a dementia-test (when you are 75+), a lecture with a slideshow and you have to drive a car together with an instructor for about 20 minutes at the driving license office, takes about 2 hours alltogether. Fee is about yen 8000,-. No elderly driver certificate and you cannot renew your driving license.

Also car insurance premium is getting considerably more expensive if you are 70+.

Driving license is issued only for 3 years and if you qualify for the gold driving license for 4 years only.

There is no 5 year valid driving license for elderly drivers.

The crosswalk has no traffic lights.

Traffic lights or not does not matter. Elementary school students or old people or whoever does not matter, too. If you see people crossing the road using a crosswalk you have to stop.

Seesaw7Feb. 18 06:31 pm JST

Woman agreed to meet man. Check into hotel and blamed him for rape. My brain is confused.

As you said correctly, they did not only agree to meet him somewhere in a public place like in a shopping mall, restaurant or park, but agreed to check into a hotelroom together with him. For what reason did they do this is a good question. What did they expect from him?

We do not know all details. Maybe he asked them for a more private conversation between him and them or he promised to show or give them something. These women must be very gullible, just my guess.

There are however five women complaining about this man in a similar way, this cannot be coincidence.

I don't understand such men, there is no reason to look for sex with women in that way he did. There are many women around almost everywhere in Japan who are willing to offer sex against some money in soaplands, heath fashion clubs and such establishments. No need at all to engage yourself in criminal activity which might ruin your life.

Bobs Your UncleToday 09:30 am JST

Given the same life circumstances, environment and background it's likely you would have done the same thing. That's what people don't get about crime - given a similar set of circumstances we are highly likely to do the same thing. We think we are perfect angles but it's easy when your life experience is so different.

I disagree strongly with this comment. To be poor does not mean that such people become criminals stealing over years items of 20 million yen. There is no excuse or justification for what they did, they should be sent to jail and deported back to Vietnam.

China plans to keep ships near Senkakus for 365 days in 2024

OK, I got it, but what is Japan planning about Senkaku?

This idiot is going to ruin his own life. If you have a dispute with your girlfriend just walk away....no justification or excuse to clain to be drunk and to try to kill her.

Damaged cakes can still be eaten. Wife and I will take it easy. To receive even a refund for it makes our day even more enjoyable. Get a damaged cake for free!

Generally it can be said, that department stores are very much willing to replace damaged goods or offer a refund. We had such an experience a while ago with a piece of furniture, one phone call, two days later we received replacement and the damaged item was taken back.

It would be good to know more about what really happened, for example to see a video recording.

For sure I can say that hugs and cheek kissing between men and women of any age are very common in Southern and Eastern Europe and also in Latin American countries. It's just a custom and nobody feel offended or will lose his job because of that.

Unfortunately many Japanese people are not very communicative and those company meetings were useful to know each other better - in the past in Japan many young employees found their partner while working in the same company during such meeting.

However nowadays in this strange world and its woke society it is better to refrain from any private talk at your workplace. It's too risky, Just say good morning and good-bye and nothing else. Somewhat a sad situation, no wonder that so many Japanese are living alone renting a small room and do not know any friend of the opposite sex.

This man was really acting stupidly. He has plenty of money. Everywhere in Japan, there is no shortage of soaplands and similar establishments where you can hug women for hours against a few bills in return.

I think he got away with a rather lenient punishment. He spent a relative short time in a Japanese prison and with compensation of USD 1.65 million (likely paid out by the car insurance) for this accident which caused the death of 2 innocent people.

His family says no prison time is appropriate.

“When the Biden Administration is presented with the complete set of facts and circumstances surrounding the case, we’re confident they will promptly recognize the absurdity of Ridge’s conviction,”

Not sure about what might happen to a driver causing a similar accident in the States.

No prison time? Are you sure?

His family should not complain about how his case was handled in Japan, just my opinion.

StefanDec. 7  07:05 am JST

I’m happy to my foreign passport and my Japanese permanent residency. There is no point to have Japanese passport because there is no political party to vote for.

Same with me.

Other countries - more than 50 of them - do not allow dual citizenship either. It's not only Japan.

After more than 40 years living in Japan, I am holding my EU passport and Japanese permanent residency. I never had any problem about that. I can do in Japan almost all what I like (no working restrictions, can own my house, can leave Japan and come back anytime) and should really any emergency situation coming up I can anytime leave and stay in all EU countries.

A list from internet about countries which in general do not allow dual citizenship:

(there are exception, for children or for spouses if one of them has a different nationality)

Afghanistan,Iran,Maldives,San Marino,Andorra,Japan,

Marshall Islands,Sao Tome and Principe,Austria,Kazakhstan,Mauritania, Saudi Arabia

Azerbaijan, Kiribati,Micronesia,Singapore,Bahrain,North Korea,

Monaco,Slovakia,China,Kuwait, Mongolia,Suriname,

Djibouti,Laos,Mozambique,Swaziland,Eritrea,Lesotho,

Myanmar, Burma,Tanzania,Estonia,Liberia, Nepal, Togo,

Ethiopia, Libya,Netherlands,Ukraine,Georgia,Liechtenstein,

Norway,United Arab Emirates,Guinea,Malaysia, Oman, Uzbekistan,

Guyana,Montenegro,Palau,Vanuatu,India,Madagascar,

Qatar,Indonesia, Malawi,Rwanda.

It is already very cold in Northern Japan. It will not be rotten so quickly. It should be possibe to collect this dead fish during the coming days and to process it into fertilizer or maybe pet food.

I don' know, but this dead fish must be moved as quick as possible from the shore.

You need only drive slowly towards pigeons or other birds sitting on the road and use your horn and they will fly away. Simply said this man is a rather reckless taxi driver, what he did might be a violation of traffic regulations, a fine for speeding?.

However to arrest him almost one month later because of a dead pigeon, accuse him of violation of wildlife protection law and to perform an autopsy on this dead bird is by far over the top.

What is next? Sent to jail for murder of a pigeon?

There is no justification or excuse for a 14 y/o girl to carry with her multiple knives to the school.

She has to be expelled from this school and police should not only question her, but also her parents.

What a kind of a man and father is this brutal person? Hoefully there is some time in jail for doing something like that, no excuse is acceptable for such violent behavior. The child is still unconscious, sounds to be a very serious brain injury.

It depends solely on you, what rooms do you prefer, how much are you willing to pay. When we travel in Japan we do it by car and we avoid ryokans at all costs, we prefer a hotel room. In general much cheaper and we go to a restaurant for our meals. Now Western-style hotels can be found almost everywhere in Japan, there are often resort hotels even in remote areas. Your choice.

If you consider however ryokans to be overpriced, I can say the same about upper class foreign hotels in Japan as well.

I wonder how much is the sum of all his unpaid taxes.

Is he unable to pay and this is going on since 2013 and nobody says a word about it?

We do not know enough about this scammer group. We have to wait for more information about this case, we do not know who these arrested people are.

I guess they all are yakuza related gang members and many of them have already a criminal record in Japan.

Japanese in general when overseas often contact their family members by phone and internet and inform them about their whereabouts. A group of 25 people cannot so easily disappear and forced to do some illegal job and none of them is able to inform any person he know in Japan about his situation.

We use now very little cash now and we carry never more than yen 20.000,- in cash with us. We pay in supermarkets, department stores, gas station, restaurants etc. always with our credit cards, but we use two credit cards from two different companies - sometimes - but rarely - one of them is not functioning and nobody knows why, connection problem or other technical issues...

Frequent payments like tax, insurance, maintenance fees, electricity, gas, mobile phone/internet are collected directly from our banking accounts.

However cashless payment using credit cards has also its risks and it is not only about malfunction of the system. This year my credit card company had to replace my credit card two times because of a very serious credit card/identity fraud hackers.

The Japanese credit card company reacted quickly and cancelled many credit cards of those affected customers and stopped these online-transactions. However for about 1 week in both security breaches I could not use my credit card while waiting for replacement with different card numbers and security codes.

I was just travelling outside of Japan at that time but luckily I could use my second creditcard - to be fair however, to carry cash is also a risk - thieves are everywhere...

What might be the best solution? Maybe have always some cash ready with you AND two credit cards from two different companies? At least this is what I do...

Mr KiplingToday 08:43 am JST

Remember...you can always just walk away.

She was 25 year old and with this company since 7 years. Problems about jobs related to show-business are well-known. Maybe goood pay, but never be off even a single day during high season, never be off in evening, never go home to sleep until late night, no time even to eat etc.

Very demanding and not so few people in entertaining business are ending up finally broken as drug abusers, alcoholics and even commit suicide and not only in Japan.

You have to be strong enough to understand if you cannot take it anymore, you must resign, leave, take some rest and look for another and easier job.

A 25 year old Japanese talented woman has many options for her future life.

Suicide is not such an option but unfortunately this woman did not understand this.

YubaruToday 07:47 am JST

Oh right, it's about the money.

True, her family did nothing to help her obviously - and now they want money from the company as compensation?

In an area within Central Tokyo 743 trees are set to be cut down? This is unacceptable.

It is OK to remove these old sports venues and to construct something new at the same place, why not? However this should be possible without cutting down such a huge number of trees. Change the redevelopment plan.