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「汚職も腐敗もなんでもあり」「政治と警察権力の癒着」「翼賛迎合報道花盛り」「公卑私尊」（「官卑民尊」なぞへのすりかえ）「経営者天国」「社会的施設・福祉の破壊」「労働者無権利状態」「振り込め詐欺」「盲導犬への危害」「家庭内暴力」「幼児虐待」「凶悪犯罪」・・・とどまるところを知らない「祖国｣の暗雲・・・「改善」する糸口さえみえない気がする。「世紀末」これからどうなるんでしょう・・・。
ー「基本的人権」はじめ「人権」「個人」というものの’概念’自体が「曖昧」にあつかわれている日本・・・つまるところ「臣民」＝「国民」あまり大差ないようにしか感じられない。やはりいくら文句ぬかそうがぶーすかふてくされようが私の育った「母国」でのこと。悲しいしさびしいし「案じる」ばかりです。
Osaka police arrest man in death of girl; classmate’s body found

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on August 22, 2015·Comments Off on Osaka police arrest man in death of girl; classmate’s body found
Police have accused Koji Yamada of abandoning the body of Natsumi Hirata in a parking lot last weekOSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police on Friday arrested a 45-year-old male in the death of a girl whose body was found dumped in a parking lot earlier this month after she had gone missing. Police also found the body of a boy she was with at the time of her disappearance, reports Nikkan Sports (Aug. 22). Police have accused Koji Yamada of abandoning the body of Natsumi Hirata, a 13-year-old junior high school student from Neyagawa. She was last seen at her home on the evening of August 12.  Police also discovered the body of Ryoto Hoshino, a 12-year-old classmate of Hirata, in a forest in Kashiwara City. The boy had told his mother that he was going to meet Hirata on the same day she was last seen. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on August 13, a male employee getting off work found the body of Hirata, whose arms had been bound behind her back with tape, next to a truck in a parking lot for a distribution company in Takatsuki City. Her head was also wrapped in tape. Hirata’s body was clothed in a black tank top, white shirt and denim shorts, but it did not have shoes. Her mobile phone was also missing. Police observed approximately 30 wounds possibly due to a knife throughout the left side of her body. Police had observed at least one suspicious vehicle entering the parking lot in surveillance camera footage taken on the day of the discovery of Hirata’s body. Investigators believe that Yamada knows what happened to both of the children.
In previous reports, police said that Hirata had died from asphyxiation. The time of death is believed to been about four hours before her body was found.
Elderly couple found stabbed to death in Yamanashi

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on September 28, 2015·1 Comment
Police have launched a murder investigation after the discovery of the bodies of Masuo Sandai and his wife Setsuko Masuo Sandai and his wife Setsuko were found stabbed to death in their home in Fujikawaguchiko
YAMANASHI (TR) – Yamanashi Prefectural Police have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of the bodies of an elderly couple inside their residence, reports the Yomiuri Shimbun (Feb. 27). On Sunday at 10:10 a.m., the blood-covered bodies of Masuo Sandai, 83, and his wife Setsuko, 81, were discovered by their daughter inside the home they share in Fujikawaguchiko. Both bodies, which were found in separate rooms, exhibited multiple external wounds consistent with that of stab wounds, police said. The couple is estimated to have died within the past few days. A murder weapon has yet to be found. The scene of the crime is located approximately 200 meters from a tourist area that includes a hotel. According to TBS News (Feb. 28), police are now viewing security camera footage taken in the nearby area as a part of the investigation.
Update: The couple’s grandson was arrested on Monday for the crime, reports the Mainichi Shimbun (Sep. 28). Murder case launched after discovery of 2 corpses in Nagasaki

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on October 25, 2015·1 Comment
The bodies of Akira Hirano and his mother were discovered about 3 hours apart in Nagasaki
The body of Akira Hirano was found in his residence in Yanagidanimachi
NAGASAKI (TR) – Nagasaki Prefectural police have launched a murder investigation after the discovery of the body of a man whose mother’s corpse had been found just hours before, reports Nippon News Network (Oct. 24).
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, investigators found the body of Akira Hirano, 65, lying face-up inside a room of his second-floor apartment in the Yanagidanimachi area. The body showed signs of having been strangled. Three hours before, the body of his 89-year-old mother, Sumie, was found floating in Nagasaki Harbor. The corpse exhibited no signs of external wounds. Police then visited the home of Hirano, whose apartment was unlocked. His body was found atop a futon. The day before, Hirano had been released from a hospital after undergoing treatment for a mental disorder. Police are now attempting to determine the causes of the two deaths and whether the incidents are connected.