The Year of Dokufu: Poisonous Women in Japan
by Kaori Shoji Wow. What a year THAT was, on a whole lot of levels. The unofficial diagnosis is that things will get worse in the year of the sheep,…
Japanese media loses their heads over decapitation of teenage girl by teenage girl
A 15 year old girl was arrested Sunday by the Nagasaki Police on suspicion of killing her high school friend. The 15-year-old girl, who can't be named under Japanese because…
Yakuza Comix 3: The complicated world of Japanese suicide, which is sometimes homicide
Japan has a fascination with death and suicide. But sometimes suicide here isn't simply motivated by "honor" nor is it actually suicide.
Exorcism Gets Everybody Killed; Female Faith Healer Gets The Gallows
The faith-healer and self-professed exorcist, Sachiko Eto, her daughter and another accomplice had beaten their victims to death, using thick drumsticks designed for the Japanese 太鼓 (Taiko) and other blunt…