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Grand Theft Comiket

(via www.alafista.com) 10 days ago

Grand Theft Comiket

Some otakus are so desperate to head to Comiket 75, which starts today (28th Dec - 30th Dec) that they are willing to do it Grand Theft Auto style.

Tags: japanese, tokyo, man, style, police, photo, sex, arrested, train, student, college, prison, murder, dogs, cellphone


Getting away with murder

(via search.japantimes.co.jp) 13 days ago

Getting away with murder

Regarding the Dec. 19 article "Trio avoid prison in sumo killing": Some people claim that the perfect murder is impossible. Judge Masaharu Ashizawa of the Nagoya District Court has proven that this is not necessarily the case.

Tags: people, death, google, court, prison, murder, sumo


'Devoted' mother a murder plotter: Japanese police

(via news.yahoo.com) 14 days ago

'Devoted' mother a murder plotter: Japanese police

Japanese police arrested a woman believed to be a devoted mother for allegedly trying to murder her toddler daughter by injecting her with rotten water in hospital, an official said Thursday.

Tags: japanese, police, woman, water, arrested, mother, murder


Death-row inmate seeks retrial over girl's slaying

(via search.japantimes.co.jp) 19 days ago

Death-row inmate seeks retrial over girl's slaying

NARA (Kyodo) Death row inmate Kaoru Kobayashi, who previously had asked his lawyer to withdraw his appeal, resulting in his sentence being finalized, has now requested that he be retried for the 2004 murder of a 7-year-old girl...

Tags: girl, death, court, google, murder


Man in Fatal Domestic Violence Case Receives 16 Years to Life

(via www.asianweek.com) 19 days ago

Man in Fatal Domestic Violence Case Receives 16 Years to Life

Tempongko case highlights failed city response to domestic violence in Asian American communitiesnSAN FRANCISCO - A superior court judge last week handed down a 16-years-to-life sentence for the October 2000 stabbing murder of...

Tags: asian, man, american, life, government, media, free, police, women, family, children, history, system, 2006, court, arrested, mother, child, asian american, relationship, safety, filipino, murder, violence, criticism, abuse


Teen Shot Parents Because They Took Away Halo 3 [Tragedy]

(via kotaku.com) 23 days ago

Prosecutors at the murder trial of 17-year-old Daniel Petric claim that the teen shot both of his parents, killing his mother, because they wouldn't let him play Halo 3. /p pAccording to prosectors, Petric...

Tags: 2008, video, life, style, 2007, games, family, blog, game, boy, minister, power, parents, google, mother, video game, shooting, accident, murder, video games, trial


Man who threw kid from bridge gets 5 1/2 years

(via search.japantimes.co.jp) 27 days ago

OSAKA (Kyodo) The Osaka District Court sentenced a man with an intellectual disability to 5 1/2 years in prison Wednesday for severely injuring a 3-year-old boy he dropped from a pedestrian overpass in Yao, Osaka Prefecture.

Tags: man, 2007, boy, court, google, osaka, prison, murder