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Police in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, have arrested an 18-year-old male high school student on suspicion of “sextortion,” after he threatened a 16-year-old girl that he would post photos of her naked online unless she had sex with him.

I do not care one bit that he is still in HS. He is 18 and an adult, he should be named! Time to show these new "adults" that they have to be responsible for their actions.

According to the police, the student and the girl met through a mutual friend some time ago,

Sometime ago? He is 18, she 16, just how long is "some time".........

Police did not give any details on how or when the suspect obtained photos of the girl.

Hmmm.... maybe the "friend" can answer this question? There is more to this than what is being reported here. Be really nice to have a "real" reporter give a full story, instead of these "articles" meant for click bait!

What is "sexualizing" about five fully clothed young women?

Hmmm..... I suppose you think that only "nudes" are the definition of "sexualization". Also it is obvious you are oblivious to who these young women are.

They are a rather famous K-Pop group called "New Jeans" and their "image" is that of the "girl next door".

You really dont understand the meaning and intent of the word "sexualization" in that context if you think it only refers to a nude or semi nude person.

I hope you learned something here.

What is the point of the picture of the young women at the bottom? Further sexualizing an already difficult social issue belittles the point attempting to be made.

Not too cool .

Simply hogwash "news" article.

Simply hogwash....There fixed it for ya!

This data is enlightening,

https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kakei/1560.htm

Frustrating to read articles like this that have no "writer" to take the credit for so much hogwash and supposition and inaccuracies, or at the minimum very selective in creating theories or reasons, based upon a biased statistics.

Japan's household spending in July rose a real 0.1 percent from a year earlier for the first increase in three months, as higher wages drove outlays on home renovations and entertainment, government data shows.

Higher prices across the board is also a "reason" for this this. Home renovations are not being done at such a level that it would affect the entire nation. And folks here dont spend money on "entertainment" in a dubious or uncertain economy.

But the relatively modest increase indicates households have had to curb spending on food and utilities amid the inflationary environment.

Curb spending on food and utilities, but spend on "renovations" and "entertainment". Please pass whatever you are ingesting!

Average spending by households with two or more people stood at 290,931 yen, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said.

Right...Tokyo-centric once again!

The average monthly income of salaried households with at least two people climbed 5.5 percent in real terms to 694,483 yen in July, rising for the third straight month, following increases of 3.1 percent and 3.0 percent in June and May, respectively, the ministry said.

Spit up my coffee! This is Tokyo only, and creating an article based solely on data taken from a thumbnail section of society, probably Meguro-ku or somewhere similar, to come to a conclusion about the entire country is just poor biased reporting.

Sharing the demographics of the survey, in detail, must be shared for any of this to be believable.

The Northern part of Okinawa. Right where they are relocating the Futenma Marine Corps Air Station. The base that the perps of the rape of a 12-year-old by three black marines in September 1995. Happy anniversary!! The move of Futenma MACS was supposed to alleviate the rapey marine situation. Ha ha. There are people in Northern Okinawa too. Potential victims just waiting...

FYI, take a hard look at a map of Okinawa, that area you refer to isnt "northern" Okinawa.

And you are 100% wrong on the "reason" why Futenma is being moved, but like so many other anti-base conspiracy types you can't admit it.

We don’t know the facts and he denied the allegations and it’s innocent until proven guilty, unless you would rather have the Chinese in Okinawa.

Besides, more Japanese police officers are indicted for the same charges than US servicemen so your “not sending their best” shtick is getting tiresome.

Yeah, but one has to get used to the "court of JT" which is ALWAYS right! Forget anything about a day in court, lynch them already, as EVERYONE knows Japanese dont lie, and if they accuse a US Military person of ANY crime, they are always right!

Here's a straightforward solution to the continued sexual criminal violence against Japanese nationals by USA military, lock him up, kick them out.

FYI, this is exactly what happens. Oh and what should the authorities do to all the Japanese, literally a hundred times more than the US Military folks do, who commit the same, or worse crimes?

How about "sentencing in kind?"

He said the commission would recommend “drastic reforms" and develop a plan to eliminate fraud and improper payments within six months, which he said would save trillions of dollars.

If anyone actually believes this, please, please, please come and see me, I have some "prime" property for sale! Real cheap too!

All too typical behaviour. And not just in Okinawa or even Japan mind you.

Best solution is for them to leave permanently.

Then there would literally be no one left on the island as assaults are committed by Japanese citizens far more often than the occasional, ALLEGED one's by US military folks!

The police did not disclose these cases at the time, citing the victim's privacy, and the central government did not report them to the prefectural government.

Hmm... previous articles noted that it was the Defense ministry that didnt report the crimes to the prefectural government. Now whomever wrote this article is throwing shade on the cops.

And using the excuse of "victims privacy" in this, excuse THESE recent cases, is pure and utter BS. They never "cared" before, why the sudden and abrupt change?

What a hypocrite! Then why not advocate for the Japanese government pulling itself out of all the "private" companies in Japan that it holds a controlling interest in? KDD, NTT, JR, JP and others.

Japanese intelligence agent

Sounds like an oxymoron to me! If they were "intelligent" they shouldnt have been caught!

American's do not care! Wash-rinse-repeat! (Oh they only care when they are the victim!)

Time to check on Mom and Dad too!

 So, while technically you are right, the money eventually goes both to the companies in payment, 

Nothing "technically" about it. I am actually 100% correct. Not "eventually" either, more than likely directly.

 and to us because it's money we don't have to pay ...

Nothing is going to you. Your bills will be lowered that's all, you will not physically or otherwise, see any of the actual money.

Just because you dont have to pay anything, does not mean you are getting any money, just like medical insurance here. You pay 30% of the total, and the government or insurance pays 70%, you dont see a penny of the 70% but the money was paid to the hospital or where ever in your name.

I hope you can see and understand the difference. You wont see any money from the subsidies as that money will go to the companies and they will lower the rates they typically charge, for as long as the subsidies hold out or are paid to them.

Again you wont see any cash.

o this money is going directly to companies pockets. (...) Or will it dispersed to people.

Initial statement;

Uhm ... neither? The government will pay a part of your power and gas bill.

Response;

Take a moment and reread the post you were replying to, and then your response.

Neither? Lol! "The government will pay a part of your power and gas bill" and just who does that payment go to? Geez, both, not neither, "directly to the companies pockets".

So if it's going to neither, and it's not going to you, and it's not going to the companies in payment for the "power and gas bill", just where, pray tell, is the money going?

Subsidies that assist those who need it most would be greatly appreciated. Sadly however I can them focusing the majority of it on those who make upgrades to their facilities, like solar power and battery generators first. Meaning that you have to have or spend money to get any assistance.

Social welfare is one thing, but subsidies here have a strong tendency to benefit those who need them the least. Look at the rice farmers.

Well, at least he didnt have any ammo. I've seen articles here about middle-aged men with much less healthy hobbies.

I'll bet he doesnt go to jail, but has them all confiscated and pay a fine. Along with telling the police how he actually purchased them and the route they came into Japan as a part of the deal.

Love seeing the Osprey in the background too! Subliminal message!

Japan sets a high hurdle for any constitutional revision. Any amendment proposal needs to be approved by a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament before it can be put to a national referendum.

Good! No country should make it easy to change their constitution. The LDP, if memory serves me right, once brought up the idea of it making it a simple majority in the Diet, but fortunately that idea got shot down.

Let the people choose!

like Hongkong or Macau.this will work in Formosa too.

Sarcasm runs deep in this one!

Right, easy way to refuse to increase wages. Cut the work hours and then make everyone PT and not have to pay insurance or retirement benefits. You KNOW that there are businesses out there that will use this as a way to burn their employees.

How about creating a visa status for "Mail Order Brides" ?

How about making sure that the undelivered mail gets delivered first!

They just want to asset strip the joint and put US Steel into streamlined, managed decline to give the Japan steel industry, which faces an uncertain future in a crowded market, more room to breath.

No intelligent business owner is going to throw nearly 3 billion dollars in the garbage.

Bill his family for the ammunition fees !

Dont forget to send the electric bill or bill them for the drugs, if he chooses one of those methods.

Scheduling conflict? He's literally a lame duck and anything he says will be taken with a grain of salt!

Other nations have over production and export rice. Japan could import some in the short term to alieviate any short fall in stocks. No need to panic, nobody will go hungry.

Happened before, and it caused a panic and everyone stated that only "Japanese" produced rice was palatable.

Japanese are brainwashed into thinking that anything Japanese is always better than "gaikokuland"

Huh? Yamaguchi "hosting" the base in Iwakuni for decades (likely since the beginning of the occupation) and the Mayor adding more USA military "assets" to protect the good people of Yamaguchi from who knows what clearly touches your USA military heart.

Once again comments born from ignorance rather than knowledge. The "mayor" is not adding any assets to the base, in fact he literally has zero say in the matter at all. His agreeing to hosting them is more of a formality than anything else.

If you want proof of that, look at MCAS Futenma, the governors have been against the deployment of the Osprey's since the beginning, but they still are there.

You know absolutely nothing about "my military heart" one way or the other, so please refrain from making comments like this, it just makes what you comment on have no meaning what so ever.