2,240 police, 460 patrol cars, copter mobilized for car chase in Osaka
OSAKA — Police on Thursday arrested a wanted man after a two-hour car chase that involved 2,240 officers, 460 police cars and one helicopter. Hirofumi Fukuda, 27, who had been wanted for assaulting police officers on Jan 21, was arrested after a chase through central Osaka. Around 11 a.m., police received an emergency call saying that a car was driving recklessly, ignoring traffic lights. When a patrol car approached the vehicle in question, it took off.
Police were mobilized throughout the area and a helicopter called in. The chase ended when Fukuda’s car crashed into a bridge column. He sustained light injuries but no one else was injured in the chase.
Source: Japan Today
Tips to avoid being screwed over by teenagers selling sex
One of the things that I noticed from watching Japanese movies and TV drama is that Japanese teens seem to be very liberal when it comes to sex, for better or worse. As I recall from reading an article a while back, the average age of young girls in Japan losing their virginity is more than 1 year younger than in most of other Asian countries. They do not only “enjoy” sex with their male counterparts, but also, once run out of pocket money, “sell” sex to older men. Despite Japanese law forbidding sex with minors (just like most countries in the world), the latter is surprisingly commonplace. So popular that there are even published tips for those who want to avoid being screwed by those teenagers. Below is an article I obtained, which is a translation of a recent Japanese article.
Starving homeless woman dies at city hall after being left lying outside
HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka — A starving homeless woman died after an ambulance dropped her off at city hall here and she was left lying down outside, unable to open emergency food that she had been given, it has been learned.
3 children arrested for receiving dead parents’ pensions for 15 years
Takeshi Nagae, 70, his 59-year-old sister Chiyoko and 52-year-old sister Michiko stand accused of fraud.
They admitted to the allegations during questioning.
“We had no choice but to cheat the pension system to survive,” Takeshi was quoted as telling investigators.
Takeshi had initially said they abandoned the five bodies in the hope that they would return to life. “Since my childhood, my mother had taught me that dead people would return to life. My father died about 20 years ago, but I thought he might return to life if I continued to offer a prayer for him.”
They received more than 910,000 yen in pension payments for their father Shigeo and mother Fumiko from April 2006 to February 2007 alone without reporting their deaths to the government, local police said.
The mummified bodies of the suspects’ parents were found at their home along with those of their eldest daughter Shizuko, second daughter Yasuko and second son Keiji in April last year.
Prefectural police confirmed their identities through DNA tests. Autopsies have found the suspects’ father, who was born in 1911, is estimated to have died sometime around October 1986 while his wife born in 1915 is believed to have died around May 1992.
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Korean female news anchor fired for giggling
I normally don’t post opinion about people from another country like this, but this is just ridiculous.
Context: At the end of the newscast, Moon Ji-ae, the news anchor for Korean TV station MBC, gave an update to the biggest news of the day, the tragic fire in Incheon that killed dozens of foreigners. Then, as usual, she said a farewell greeting to the audience, then bowed to the camera. During that though, for whatever reason, she started giggling. That angered some people, especially the Korean netizens, who pressured MBC to fire her, which they did.
My point to those Netizens: What ? That’s stupid ! I agree that her giggle was not appropriate, especially right after such a tragic news, but forced her out ? Even I myself as a foreigner think that’s way overboard. Do you know for sure why she giggled ? What’s if some idiots at the set did something that made her laughed ? What’s if she thought of doing something great after work with her friends (it’s the end anyways), and felt good about it ? Un-professional, yes, but not to the point of being fired! Make her give a public apology is good enough. Honestly, instead of sitting in front of a computer, get a life, try to find a job yourself (no, chatting and blogging ain’t job) before destroying other people’s livelihood ! Jeeze ! I would be afraid if I’m a public figure in Korea !
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