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NEWS: 17 Hit or Stabbed, 7 Confirmed Dead in Tokyo's Akihabara

All that stress even thou the Japanese tend to take more vacation time than Americans............. gota love paradoxes.

On another note, since guns keep coming up despite having nothing to do with this incident (unless the police who arrested the guy had them) wouldn't it make more sense to champaign against the mindset that allows people to feel that murder is okay because they are unhappy than to champaign against guns? Not every society that's armed is also violent. Shouldn't our focus always be on the people and not the tools they use? Murder is murder regardless of the weapon involved.

Well said. Unfortunately, until we as a society buck up and admit that humans are not inherently good, we will continue to look for every other explanation under the sun. In the meantime, the easy and blaringly obvious answer eludes us.

Putting that aside, since it's a semi-subjective view, wouldn't it be kind of odd not to suspect that this has something to do with otaku hate? I mean, it's not like Japan is a violent crime ridden country to begin with and given the location, it's not hard to make a leap of intuition. Also, given the fact this is being reported here, it adds to the natural impulse because otherwise what's the point.

Besides, seeking power in victimhood and the claim of innocence is practically a religion nowadays. (And some folks here may have experienced prejudice on a smaller scale and are thus more inclined to believe an incident is motivated by such.)

Regardless, we'll hopefully find out more about the motive since the guy was arrested. Statistically speaking, there's a decent chance he'll confess everything.

On another note, since guns keep coming up despite having nothing to do with this incident (unless the police who arrested the guy had them) wouldn't it make more sense to champaign against the mindset that allows people to feel that murder is okay because they are unhappy than to champaign against guns? Not every society that's armed is also violent. Shouldn't our focus always be on the people and not the tools they use? Murder is murder regardless of the weapon involved.

A common argument in favor of hand guns is that if everyone has them then noone will just go off and start shooting knowing well that people may just return fire.

On another note, since guns keep coming up despite having nothing to do with this incident (unless the police who arrested the guy had them) wouldn't it make more sense to champaign against the mindset that allows people to feel that murder is okay because they are unhappy than to champaign against guns? Not every society that's armed is also violent.

with this case, it is a good thing that he was captured and we can find the motive.

Update 9: Jiji Press and Byōkan Sunday report that a message, titled "I will kill people in Akihabara," was posted on a mobile phone bulletin board about seven hours before the fatal hit-and-run incident and the stabbing incident in Akihabara. The message reportedly reads:

I Will Kill People in Akihabara

06/08 05:21

I will come barging in with a vehicle, and if I can't use a vehicle, I will use a knife. Farewell, everyone.

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Update 9: Jiji Press and Byōkan Sunday report that a message, titled "I will kill people in Akihabara," was posted on a mobile phone bulletin board about seven hours before the fatal hit-and-run incident and the stabbing incident in Akihabara. The message reportedly reads: I Will Kill People in Akihabara 06/08 05:21 I will come barging in with a vehicle, and if I can't use a vehicle, I will use a knife. Farewell, everyone.

I don't know if this is in the English language news yet, but there are also reports circulating in Japanese now that in late May, someone posted threats on 2 Channel about a plan to kill people in Akihabara on or after the 5th of June. I skimmed through some of the original threads and a few people responded (in May) saying that they reported the messages to the police. Up to and around the 5th, some posters wrote responses saying they were really worried that the warning might be for real, and were checking the news and bbs to see if anything had happened yet.

There are also reports about how people stood around and took photos while the crime was happening and immediately afterwards, and then about how people were begging the amateur photographers to give them copies of their cell phone pictures of Kato...

I also found some videos and messages online from people complaining about the way bystanders were acting during the live news broadcasts at the scene. People in the background were waving or making faces at the camera while the newscasters reported on people getting stabbed. Apparently a lot of viewers in Japan are pissed off about it.

Michael Arnold

1- One place where there were many people.

2- He lived nearby.

There are also reports about how people stood around and took photos while the crime was happening and immediately afterwards, and then about how people were begging the amateur photographers to give them copies of their cell phone pictures of Kato...