http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=300573

This story seems to be pretty well known. My friend told me that it was even on the San Francisco Chronicle. Damn what are the reasons for her to do that? It's not as terrible as the school massacres that had taken place in America, but that is just graphic.

Geez kid..

Just enjoy ice cream or something with your friend..youre 11 geez...slicing peoples throats..

Yeah, I think whatever reason it is, it's stupid anyway. Maybe it's the heat? And I think in the urban areas of Japan, it gets too crowded which could probably make a person twisted an unpredictable. Japan though has a way lower crime rate than that of America.

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=300573

This story seems to be pretty well known. My friend told me that it was even on the San Francisco Chronicle. Damn what are the reasons for her to do that? It's not as terrible as the school massacres that had taken place in America, but that is just graphic.

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=300573

This story seems to be pretty well known. My friend told me that it was even on the San Francisco Chronicle. Damn what are the reasons for her to do that? It's not as terrible as the school massacres that had taken place in America, but that is just graphic.

i read an article in time many, many years ago about a boy who killed another boy and cut his head off. i think the head was put in a bag and he just carried it around with him.

there's also a story where a chopped head was put on a stick (i'm not sure if it's the same kid).

i don't know why these things happen in japan. is this normal in other asian countries as well? how about in america? i don't think these things happen in the philippines though. there are gruesome murders here, yes, but not by kids.

Internet and TV made 11yo a killer
From correspondents in Tokyo
June 4, 2004

AN 11-year-old girl's admission that a spat over the Internet provoked her to murder a classmate and that a TV program prompted her to use a box-cutter as a murder weapon has Japanese questioning whether adults were being vigilant enough.

Defence lawyers said the sixth-grade suspect in juvenile detention told them that she led 12-year-old Satomi Mitarai to an empty classroom during their lunch hour Tuesday, slit her neck and arms with a box-cutter, and left her to bleed to death.

Nozumu Kawazoe said that the 11-year-old suspect came up with the idea days earlier while watching a murder-mystery show.

All signs pointed to a close friendship between the girls, who were in art class together, played basketball together, shared a group diary and frequently passed notes on a homepage bulletin board.

But something allegedly written by Mitarai in those Internet messages angered the suspect and led to a falling out, the lawyer said.

The sudden turn in the girl's behaviour - who has been described as a cheerful schoolgirl who caused little previous trouble - has sparked concerns that the problem may be broader.

"Over a computer...you can't see the person's face, so it's easier to use increasingly violent language. If that's the case, it's an incident that reflects a pathology of society in the age of the Internet," the Tokyo Shimbun, a major metropolitan newspaper, said in an editorial Thursday.

Other national papers ran stories on the surging use of the Internet in schools among young children.

In Japan, 62 per cent of children between the ages of six and 12 have access to the Internet, according to the Telecommunications Ministry.

The Education Ministry has also pushed in recent years to get more computers and Internet-usage into the nation's classrooms, while some schools have begun teaching children "Netiquette," such as respecting other users and encouraging polite conduct during web interactions.

The gruesome slaying raised doubts about that emphasis on technology.

"What children need most is to be able to piece together real things and real experiences," said Hisashi Sonoda, an internet crime expert at Konan University, in an analysis piece by the Sankei Shimbun, a conservative daily.

Rattled officials at Okubo Elementary School, in Sasebo, 980km southwest of Tokyo, said they were discussing ways to prevent a recurrence and reviewing student supervision guidelines.

This week's incident has reinforced a rising trend in juvenile crimes and violence at schools in recent years that has eroded Japan's image as a safe haven.

Three years ago, lawmakers lowered the age of criminal responsibility to 14 from 16 amid public outrage over the brutal beheading of a 10-year-old boy by a 14-year-old in 1997.

Police statistics also show that while violent crimes, like murder and robbery, among children under age 14 is still low, it is on the rise.

The suspect's case is being reviewed by a family court judge who will decide whether to put her on trial. The girl - whose name hasn't been released by police according to Japanese juvenile criminal law - won't undergo psychological testing, the lawyers said.

Mr Kawazoe said the girl was visibly troubled when asked about why she killed her friend.

"She said she didn't know why she did it ... She said she wouldn't have done it if she had given it more thought," Mr Kawazoe said.

"The girl may have given some signals but the greater tragedy is that adults may have overlooked them," said the Tokyo Shimbun. "Ultimately, it's our responsibility as adults to protect children from incidents and crimes."

The Associated Press

My friend told me that it was even on the San Francisco Chronicle.

there was a guy in the us who killed his brother over a pork-chop

there was a guy in the us who killed his brother over a pork-chop

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=300573

This story seems to be pretty well known. My friend told me that it was even on the San Francisco Chronicle. Damn what are the reasons for her to do that? It's not as terrible as the school massacres that had taken place in America, but that is just graphic.