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SATOSHI UEMATSU

Kiyomitsu Nagai (right), head of Tsukui Yamayuri-en, and others offer a prayer before a memorial monument on Friday, the eighth anniversary of a knife attack at the prefectural care home for people with disabilities in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture.
51勛圖厙
Jul 26, 2024
Memorial ceremony held for 2016 care home attack victims
The memorial ceremony was attended by 89 people, including bereaved families, who offered a moment of silence for the victims and laid out flowers.
A struggling novelist (Rie Miyazawa) wrestles with life＊s bigger questions after taking a job at a care facility for people with severe disabilities in ※The Moon.§
CULTURE / Film
Oct 12, 2023
＆The Moon＊: Provocative drama bites off more than it can chew
Yuya Ishii＊s film courts controversy with a fictionalized retelling of a real-life knife attack at a care facility for people with mental disabilities.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jul 26, 2021
Five years after the ＆Sagamihara stabbings,＊ what have we learned?
Thoughts on ＆extreme bullying＊ as we mark the fifth anniversary of the Sagamihara stabbings. The conversation needs to continue.
51勛圖厙
Jul 26, 2020
Victims of Sagamihara care home attack mourned
Mourners Sunday visited the scene of an attack on a care home for people with mental disabilities in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, four years ago, to honor the victims.
EDITORIALS
Feb 13, 2020
Coming to terms with what＊s behind the Sagamihara killings
To help prevent a recurrence of abhorrent crimes against the disabled, society as a whole needs to come to grips with the widespread prejudice and discrimination against such people, and take steps to amend the situation.
51勛圖厙 / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 8, 2020
Trial of Sagamihara massacre suspect spurs debate on what society may think about people with disabilities
The trial of Satoshi Uematsu, who is accused of killing 19 people with disabilities at a care facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, in 2016, began on Jan. 8 and is expected to end in March. Uematsu admits to the murders. His defense team is trying to convince the judges, who include lay judges,...
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2019
Alleged Sagamihara killer won＊t claim lack of criminal responsibility in forthcoming trial
Satoshi Uematsu, accused of the 2016 massacre at a care home for people with mental disabilities in Kanagawa Prefecture, has said he will not claim that he is too mentally incompetent to take responsibility for the attack in his upcoming trial.
51勛圖厙 / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Sep 1, 2018
Examining the motives behind mass murder in Japan
Japan is for the most part a safe country. Gun-control laws are so strict in this East Asian nation of more than 120 million that fatalities remained in single digits last year.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jan 25, 2018
Suspect in Sagamihara massacre planned second attack on same day
Satoshi Uematsu, awaiting trial for the 2016 massacre on a facility for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, has told Jiji Press that he planned to attack another such facility in the same prefecture on the same day.
51勛圖厙 / Media / BIG IN 51勛圖厙
Nov 18, 2017
Zama murders prompt awareness of youth issues
Readers who may be contemplating homicide should be aware that concealing evidence of your crime 〞 referred to in the language of jurisprudence as corpus delicti 〞 is next to impossible.
EDITORIALS
Feb 26, 2017
Sagamihara killings indictment
It＊s now up to the courts to unravel the motives behind the Sagamihara stabbing spree, and the government to come up with an improved system for dealing with potentially dangerous mental patients.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 28, 2016
Japanese society deteriorating
Tolerance of discrimination is the hallmark of a troubled society.
EDITORIALS
Aug 29, 2016
Trying to make sense of Sagamihara
The treatment of people committed to mental hospitals is under scrutiny in the wake of the Sagamihara mass slaying.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 6, 2016
Victims of Sagamihara massacre at disabled facility are forever nameless
There is only one way to interpret the one-off policy of not naming the victims: Their families don＊t want the public to know that their loved ones have disabilities.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Aug 6, 2016
Sitting on reform of the criminal justice system only exacerbates the problem
One of my favorite Japanese sayings is ※Zen wa isoge,§ or ※Make haste to do what is right.§ Such a philosophy is particularly true insofar as crime prevention is concerned 〞 if you move too slowly, or not at all, terrible things can happen.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Aug 2, 2016
Sagamihara mass murder exposes flaws in mental health system
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that the government will seek further measures on compulsory hospitalization, but experts warn that more focus should be placed on aftercare to prevent such an incident from happening again.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / Media / BIG IN 51勛圖厙
Jul 30, 2016
Crimes that imperil Japan＊s safe image
On July 22, The Japan Times ran an article with the headline, ※Crime set to hit postwar low this year, first-half data shows.§ In it, the National Police Agency reported that the number of criminal offenses is on track to fall below 1 million for the first time since World War II ended, down from the...
EDITORIALS
Jul 27, 2016
Senseless carnage at a care home
Hard questions need to be asked about why the warning signs given by the Sagamihara mass killer didn＊t trigger more alarms.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jul 26, 2016
Kanagawa attacker＊s motive: seeking spotlight or rage killings?
Following the murder of 19 people at a care facility by a former staff member, experts are trying to determine the motivation behind the attack.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jul 26, 2016
Sagamihara killings reveal shortcomings in law to control knives
Tuesday＊s stabbing rampage in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, has highlighted the difficulty of reigning in crimes involving knives, despite a recent revision to the Firearm and Sword Control Law.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" 〞 an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer＊s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ※seed§ that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ※Peak 1 amyloid beta,§ as seen in a mouse's brain.
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Inside Toho Archive＊s mission to save Japan＊s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ※the very first day it appeared in the world,§ says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi＊s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
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