Man given 6 years for killing student at her request in Sapporo

The media tries to make it sound bad that he mutilated her body after killing her. Had she died of natural causes, her family would have cremated her, And, in Japan, the body is cremated at a lower temperature than in developing nations so as to preserve bone fragments. At the funeral, family and close friends use chopsticks and move the bones around. It's not very different from what he did, at the deceased's request, by the way.

I think the judge decided to accept that he was indeed doing it at the deceased's request. Life is not considered disposable in Japanese law, so it was illegal for the man to agree and do it, but it was a factor in why he got about the lowest possible sentence within the regular range.

It's not very different from what he did, at the deceased's request, by the way.

Yes it is. It should not be difficult to understand how treating the remains with respect makes both things completely different.

So if someone wants to die what is the system the caring government has put into place to facilitate this? If true, this man provided a service the government is selfishly withholding from the public. Why selfishly? Because it seems they think the body's of citizens belong to them, those tax paying bodies, as further evidenced by it being illegal to rent your's for sex, or ingest marijuana or some other recreation drug into it besides alcohol, which of course, they tax.

And I will tell you another fine story about Japan. Doctors can legally prescribe a drug called Montelukast

to children to prevent swelling often caused by allergies. This drug has a common side effect of suicidal thoughts. Doctors give it out willy-nilly with no warnings to parents or monitoring. But since they are kids its hard to tell how its messing with their heads cause kids are unlikely to go to the length of actually killing themselves.

Oh, but some university age adult wants to die? Sorry honey. No money in that.

So if someone wants to die what is the system the caring government has put into place to facilitate this? If true, this man provided a service the government is selfishly withholding from the public.

I don't think you'd find normal people who are accepted by society who would agree with you.

Shaun SpohnToday  01:33 pm JST

Unfortunate case... There just aren't enough mental health care workers in this world..

There are! And there is enough time! The true problem is that the person who needs the help doesn’t see the road ahead, they don’t see where to go, or who to speak to , but the biggest predictor of suicide is the lack of hope! So We need them to see hope, a way out, and find someone to go to. He on the other hand took advantage of that person’s condition, for his own needs.(so ironically he probably needs a mental health assessment) because most normal people would offer an ear, and time.

Why did he mutilate her corpse?

This kinda thing would have made headlines for days over here. I think 22 is too young for that kind of decision. Unless he gets a kick out of doing it I cant see why he would do it.

And, in Japan, the body is cremated at a lower temperature than in developing nations so as to preserve bone fragments.

I hear this all the time - but it is not true. In "developed" nations (which I presume you meant to say) they take the bones after cremation and run them through a grinder to make the powder everybody is familiar with. I can see why they don't advertise this though.

In either case, chopping up a person's body after murdering them is not something they are making "sound bad." It is bad. Normal people know this instinctively.

after Segawa wrote "kill me" in a social media post and Ono "liked" the message.

Gives me shivers

in Japan, the body is cremated at a lower temperature than in developing nations so as to preserve bone fragments. At the funeral, family and close friends use chopsticks and move the bones around. It's not very different from what he did, at the deceased's request, by the way.

I don't think you'd find normal people who are accepted by society who would agree with you.

"Unfortunate case... There just aren't enough mental health care workers in this world..."

Shaun, like many similar cases, he was already in the "care" of mental health workers and was on antidepressants at the time he committed the act.

It wasn't very effective, was it?

Marc LoweSep. 23  10:18 am JST

The media tries to make it sound bad that he mutilated her body after killing her. Had she died of natural causes, her family would have cremated her, And, in Japan, the body is cremated at a lower temperature than in developing nations so as to preserve bone fragments. At the funeral, family and close friends use chopsticks and move the bones around. It's not very different from what he did, at the deceased's request, by the way.

Good point. Come to think of it, suffocating someone to death isn’t all that serious either. They should have just let him off with a warning.

[sigh]

TT