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A Japanese friend told me that rumors going around online are saying that what he did was that he videotaped himself naked and sent it to various staff members and demanded that those staff members sent him naked videos of themselves. Not sure if it’s true? But it seems to collaborate other rumors on fan pages.

I am American and my wife is Japanese. We called the police once because someone stole my son’s bicycle. The police came and it created a “firestorm” of gossip in our complex., ranging from Domestic Violence to my son shoplifting. Japanese LOVE gossip no matter if it is correct or not.

Could this be connected to the unsolved “honey trap” murder that occurred in Hiroshima a few months ago?

I am just looking for some clarification? A lot of these types of “accidents” seem to be by “unemployed” individuals? Does that mean they are yakuza affiliated or they refrain from saying where they work?

Last night NHK reported that a different Marine was arrested on May 24th for breaking into a woman’s home while he was drunk. Seemed to be a busy weekend on Okinawa?

Ummm, this should be easy! Why not release their picture or at least track him from his license plate?

The TV NEWS is reporting that a mother wasn’t happy with one of the teachers and called her friends about the situation. The two guys went to the school and beat up the teacher in front of the students. Then the two guys tried to escape but got caught in the teachers lounge, where the police arrested them.

Now, I guess we just wait to see what happens to the daughter? She did dismember a human being and kept his decapitated head in her house.

I was told once a few years ago by a COMMANDING OFFICER of IWAKUNI MCAS that they were pulled by two sides when these things happen. One were the citizens that get upset when these things happen and the other side are the bars, clubs and businesses that get upset when they “restrict” military and SOFA members to bases and lose millions spent by military and SOFA members. Who should they be following?

Don’t American military do this quite often? But the outcome seems very different.

I know this will not be popular here. But, this is the same problem the US had with Vietnamese after the Vietnam War. Many Vietnamese came to America and high crimes rates followed. Because of this, two vicious Vietnamese gangs were created BTK (BORN TO KILL) and FOB (FRESH OFF BOATS). BTK is still high on the FBI watch lists.

When I first came to Japan in 2000, I taught English at an all girls high school in Hiroshima. My first day I met the principal of the school. He told me that he felt English was a fad and was not necessary because most of the students would never leave Japan after high school. I quit the following year because the support for the “English program” was terrible. Now, it seems that 24 years later, the feelings have not changed.

Did the driver have a license? Very strange how most Vietnamese in Japan don’t have a license.

Can someone please explain to me? Japan passed a law that 18 is the new age of adulthood. But, every time an 18 year old commits a crime, they leave out their info. Why?

I remember when the Fukushima Meltdown occurred and people were comparing it to Chernobyl. Some even saying it was worse than Chernobyl. Then, people from the IAEA started using technical information saying things like “Chernobyl was worse because more strontium was released but Fukushima had more uranium released”. Now, you never hear the two in the same conversation. What is the truth?

I had $8000 American and took it to get exchanged into yen and you would not believe the hoops I had to go through to exchange the money! “Where did you get this money?”. “What are you using this money for?”. “What school will you son be attending?”. But, the bank allows him to transfer so much money, even if over time?

Everyone wants something but no one wants to do anything for it. If you help the Kurds, then the Thai community might feel left out (just an example).

When you hear about this, just imagine what it’s like on the bases! I used to work in the base in Yamaguchi, MCAS iWAKUNI. About 6 years ago, there was a SSGT that was about to be arrested for molesting his daughter and raping her 14 year old friend. He found out they were going to arrest him and he went home and slashed his wrists. He was found dead in his bathroom. There are so many that just never get reported because they occur on bases. They get hushed up or just ignored.

Just a little confusing? The headline says Air Force “officer” was killed. But, the article says “airman” which is E-1 through E-4. Those are enlisted ranks?

This happens more than you know. The Japanese are not always kind to disabled workers. Japanese companies get huge tax breaks and incentives for hiring disabled workers. I worked at a factory, the staff treated the disabled worker like a slaved and called him “boots” because of the blue boots he wore.

I do not doubt this at all. I knew a guy from Bangladesh and he worked at Family Mart. The staff treated him like a slave. I had a Japanese friend that worked at a factory. She quit because management would not do anything about the old women that worked there and were bullying her. She complained to management and they told her to learn how to grow thicker skin.

Those bases operate as different worlds. There are things that happen on those bases that never get reported or are just covered up. I live near Iwakuni MCAS and I hear stories from the Marines and Sailors about the rapes and suicides that occur on a bi-weekly basis.

I remember, many years ago in Hiroshima. An American English teacher was detained for taking one of his 17 year old students out drinking and molested her. He paid the family “compensation money” and the case was dropped. What is the age of consent in Japan?

Suspended for 3 months???LOL

Does anyone remember many years ago when Prime Minister Abe pitched making the highways in Japan FREE for all motorists. It was a huge part of his campaign! He actually allowed it to happen, FOR ABOUT A MONTH. Then he said it want sustainable and the promise quietly disappeared! Then, the prices came back. Japan is just full of empty promises from the politicians to business leaders. The unions and business leaders will cry and moan later and it will go back to business as usual.

Be like Bill Gates. He said the only property worth investing in is FARM LAND.

The “alliance” should be re-established. The bases should be honest and report truthfully. We all read about the 20-ish year old American Marine in Iwakuni that attacked a Japanese national in her 70’s . But what you did not read was that he was drunk and naked and tried to sexually assault the woman. Then a week later, which you did not read about, a young Marine, also in Iwakuni, attacked an elderly man. The military needs to stop hiding their poor actions and step up their responsibilities.

Just curious? Why are they not showing the faces of these scoundrels? They are over 18, right?

These are just the cases we hear about. My friend works at a bar in Hiroshima and tells me about the WEEKLY trouble they have from Marines and Sailors! From fights to destruction of property to assaults on women. And this is just from military at MCAS IWAKUNI. I can’t imagine what it’s like at the bigger bases.

I read an article a few weeks ago. It was stating that the IMF felt that the YEN was actually undervalued and should be around ¥180 and if Japan intervened to lower the YEN, then they should be considered “currency manipulators”. Anyone else think this way?