May 5, 2012 at 11:16 pm (Crime)
Man’s remains found in burned-out car in Odawara
National May. 01, 2012 – 03:30PM JST ( 5 )
ODAWARA —
Police said Tuesday that the remains of a man were found in the burned-out wreckage of a minicar in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, late Monday night.
Police said they received a call at 11 p.m. from a passerby reporting that a car was on fire, TBS reported. It took firefighters about 30 minutes to extinguish the fire. The man’s body was in the rear seat. Read More
June 11, 2011 at 2:13 am (Crime)
Tohoku, Japan
“The Reality in Tohoku is Worse.”–stated Hiroko Takeshima recently after she got back from
Tohoku.
Takeshima went up north to volunteer during Golden Week. She helped to clear debris from
one of the towns devastated by the Tsunami. She hails from Tohoko but lives in Kanto now.
What they don`t tell you on the news,…
April 30, 2011 at 6:38 am (Crime)
TOKYO (AFP) – A senior nuclear adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan submitted his resignation on Friday, saying the government had ignored his advice and failed to follow the law.
Toshiso Kosako, a Tokyo University professor who was named last month as an advisor to Kan, said the government had only taken ad hoc measures to contain the crisis at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.
In a tearful press conference, he said the government and its commissions had taken “flexible approaches” to existing laws and regulations, and ignored his advice after he was named an advisor on March 16. Read More
April 13, 2011 at 12:52 pm (Crime)
TOKYO —
Monetary donations for disaster victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami have been pouring into relief organizations at the rate of 4 billion yen per day. Aera (April 18) reports that as of April 7, the estimated total of pledges and contributions to the relief effort stood at 113,430,000,000 yen.
At the top of the list of celebrity philanthropists is Softbank CEO’s Masayoshi Son, who has pledged 10 billion yen, plus his annual salary until he retires. Son’s rags-to-riches story, from his roots as a impoverished 3rd-generation Korean from Saga Prefecture who took Japanese citizenship in 1991, are profiled in a five-page story in Flash (April 26).
April 3, 2011 at 6:53 am (Crime)
Computer Virus Alert:
Corinne Sutter (at Facebook)
Virus spreading like wildfire on Fb and My Space! a Trojan worm called koobface.. will steal your info,invade your system shut it down! DO NOT open the link Barack Obama Clinton Scandal! If SmartGirl…15 requests you as a friend, don’t accept it is a virus. If somebody on your list adds her, you get the virus too! copy and paste to your wall. Confirmed on SNOPES..please pass it on.
“Koobface is a computer worm that targets users of the social networking websites Facebook (its name is an anagram of “Facebook”[1]), MySpace,[2] hi5, Bebo, Friendster and Twitter.[3] Koobface is designed to infect Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, but also works on Linux (in a limited fashion).[4][5] Koobface ultimately attempts, upon successful infection, to gather login information for FTP sites, Facebook, and other social media platforms, but not any sensitive financial data.[6] It was first detected in December 2008 and a more potent version appeared in March 2009.[7] A study by the Information Warfare Monitor, a joint collaboration from SecDev Group and the Citizen Lab in the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University Toronto, has revealed that the operators of this scheme have generated over $2 million in revenue from June 2009 to June 2010.[6]” — Wikipedia
February 6, 2011 at 9:31 am (Crime)
日本 Living 振り込め詐欺 電話で実行される見事な犯罪
”振り込め詐欺はお金を取る目的で、電話で誰かに扮する犯罪です”ケビンバーンズ
やくざの事情彼らの最高水準の技術であるレコーディングスタジオで、やくざとして知られる（ジャパニーズマフィア）川口組支部は会合を開き、振り込め詐欺をどのようにやり遂げるか話し合っていた。トシノは椅子に座ってくつろいでいた。彼にとっては朝飯前。彼はこのような犯罪を５年間に渡って繰り返してきた。彼はベテラン。彼の支部でどれだけお金を稼いだか、数え切れないくらいなのだ。ボスは、彼をとても誇りに感じていた。 これは
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January 31, 2011 at 12:37 am (Crime, Kaisei Town)
A Japanese bosozoku or biker gang member
The Tribes of Midnight – Based on a True Story
One day, years ago now, in Tsukahara, Minamiashigara, the bosozoku attacked Okamoto Junior High School. They beat up one teacher, and my understanding is that he never taught again. He recovered from his physical injuries but never wanted to teach after that experience.
Our story here though, largely occurred in Kaisei Town, one of the
quietest and safest you will find. If it can happen here, …you know the cliche.
Kaisei Town, Kanagawa
Hiroyuki Sakamoto talks with Suzukisan: “You should come out with us on Friday night Sakamotosan, we have a lot of fun! We cruise around on our ‘bikes’ (motorcycles), drink beer and meet girls. Hope to see ya!”
The Bosozoku — Biker Gangs of Japanese Guys
Hiroyuki ponders this invitation. Everyone has told him the bosozoku or Japanese bike gangs are dangerous and a dead end road to oblivion. Not the kind of thing a Japanese mother wishes for her youngsters. Suzukisan seems so nice however, and Friday nights have been pretty boring of late. Hiroyuki doesn’t have many friends, and the thought of spending another Friday night studying for high school entrance exams doesn’t enthuse him. Read More
October 28, 2010 at 12:15 pm (Crime)
It was reported that there is an arsonist on the loose. A man was spotted trying to set a shrine on fire in the Fukuzawa area of Minamiashigara recently. A local NJ (non-Japanese) telephoned the police after trying to catch the culprit. The person of interest jumped a fence and got away.
There have been many cases of arson in the Minamiashigara area the
past ten years or so.
I put out a small fire along the river before one of the cherry trees
would have gone up in flames along the Kari River.
Let`s keep our eyes open everyone!
