Comments on: English teacher murdered in Tokyo http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/29/english-teacher-murdered-in-tokyo/ Scuba diving in Okinawa, and all things to do with Japan Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:06:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Big in Japan | Ex-police officer guilty of forcing confessions from suspects http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/29/english-teacher-murdered-in-tokyo/#comment-5991 Big in Japan | Ex-police officer guilty of forcing confessions from suspects Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:48:39 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/29/english-teacher-murdered-in-tokyo/#comment-5991 [...] about all the news I have for today. Stay tuned tomorrow when I’ll be doing a recap of the Lindsay Hawker story, the English teacher who was murdered in Tokyo on March 26th 2007, and will feature a video of [...] […] about all the news I have for today. Stay tuned tomorrow when I’ll be doing a recap of the Lindsay Hawker story, the English teacher who was murdered in Tokyo on March 26th 2007, and will feature a video of […]

]]> By: Big in Japan | Tokyo English teacher murder - trail gone cold http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/29/english-teacher-murdered-in-tokyo/#comment-2127 Big in Japan | Tokyo English teacher murder - trail gone cold Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:20:31 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/29/english-teacher-murdered-in-tokyo/#comment-2127 [...] Last week I reported on the murder of Lindsay Ann Hawker, an English teacher with the Nova company who was living in Tokyo (see articles here and here). Unfortunately, as I predicted in the articles I posted, the trail on the suspect seems to have gone cold. When her father and boyfriend arrived in the country the media here in Japan perked up a little, but since then virtually nothing has been reported. CCTV footage was released of the suspect meeting Hawker on the Saturday morning, but no new leads have been found since. Will Ichihashi ever be found by the authorities? Is he even still alive? A number of people feel he may have committed suicide and will be found in the forest at the base of Mt Fuji, where many people have taken their own lives. I don’t share that opinion though. Although I don’t avidly watch the crime reports on Japanese TV, it’s not often that I’ve heard of a murder suspect killing themselves here. If you have brought shame on your company, self etc then suicide is seen as a potential way to atone. However, murder doesn’t seem to have the same shame and embarrassment involved in it for some reason. [...] […] Last week I reported on the murder of Lindsay Ann Hawker, an English teacher with the Nova company who was living in Tokyo (see articles here and here). Unfortunately, as I predicted in the articles I posted, the trail on the suspect seems to have gone cold. When her father and boyfriend arrived in the country the media here in Japan perked up a little, but since then virtually nothing has been reported. CCTV footage was released of the suspect meeting Hawker on the Saturday morning, but no new leads have been found since. Will Ichihashi ever be found by the authorities? Is he even still alive? A number of people feel he may have committed suicide and will be found in the forest at the base of Mt Fuji, where many people have taken their own lives. I don’t share that opinion though. Although I don’t avidly watch the crime reports on Japanese TV, it’s not often that I’ve heard of a murder suspect killing themselves here. If you have brought shame on your company, self etc then suicide is seen as a potential way to atone. However, murder doesn’t seem to have the same shame and embarrassment involved in it for some reason. […]

]]> By: fish-cat http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/29/english-teacher-murdered-in-tokyo/#comment-2112 fish-cat Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:36:34 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/29/english-teacher-murdered-in-tokyo/#comment-2112 Hi Dave, Very shocking news and I really hope the man who killed Lindsay will be caught soon. About Lucie Blackman.. You said you'd write about the news soon.. One thing I want to mention is that she was actually working in Roppongi.. This place is one of the most dangerous places in Tokyo, and even though, like you said, the word "hostess" does not mean "prostitute" in Japan, many men expect those hostesses to provide further "service". Many hostesses go out with their customers after work or on their day off, just to keep them. Some hostesses actually do sleep with their customers. I am not sure about Lucie, but she was with Joji Obara on the day she was killed, and it suggests that she went out with her customer(s) after her work or on her day off. Many hostesses are business women or students during daytime and work as hostesses part-time. But those who are desperate to make money and work as hostesses "full-time" might go out with their customers, especially wealthy ones like Joji Obara. I do think money is the key.. Whether they are Japanese or foreigners, they would not go out with those men if there was no money involved.. don't you think ? Personally, I am not very impressed with Japanese police, however, the work Public Security Intelligence Office/Bureau (kind of like American CIA and FBI combined) do is impressive. I hope the police and Public Security Intelligence Office work together and find the man who murdered Lindsay. Hi Dave,

Very shocking news and I really hope the man who killed Lindsay will be caught soon.

About Lucie Blackman.. You said you’d write about the news soon.. One thing I want to mention is that she was actually working in Roppongi.. This place is one of the most dangerous places in Tokyo, and even though, like you said, the word “hostess” does not mean “prostitute” in Japan, many men expect those hostesses to provide further “service”. Many hostesses go out with their customers after work or on their day off, just to keep them. Some hostesses actually do sleep with their customers. I am not sure about Lucie, but she was with Joji Obara on the day she was killed, and it suggests that she went out with her customer(s) after her work or on her day off.

Many hostesses are business women or students during daytime and work as hostesses part-time. But those who are desperate to make money and work as hostesses “full-time” might go out with their customers, especially wealthy ones like Joji Obara.
I do think money is the key.. Whether they are Japanese or foreigners, they would not go out with those men if there was no money involved.. don’t you think ?

Personally, I am not very impressed with Japanese police, however, the work Public Security Intelligence Office/Bureau (kind of like American CIA and FBI combined) do is impressive. I hope the police and Public Security Intelligence Office work together and find the man who murdered Lindsay.

]]> By: Guy at the airport http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/29/english-teacher-murdered-in-tokyo/#comment-2012 Guy at the airport Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:09:13 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/29/english-teacher-murdered-in-tokyo/#comment-2012 Hi Dave, This is a very sad story and my condolecens go to the family. It has howeever a few similarities to a case that happened on koh Samui, Thailand (where I live) where a young English tourist was murdered (and sexually abused) on New Years Eve. The Thai police initially tried to cover the case up untill it hit the Western (UK) media big time and all of a sudden, things happened a lot faster than usual in Thailand and even two suspects were areested and convicted. One wonders if they really were the culprits. Interesting to follow this case now and see how it pans out. Hi Dave,

This is a very sad story and my condolecens go to the family.

It has howeever a few similarities to a case that happened on koh Samui, Thailand (where I live) where a young English tourist was murdered (and sexually abused) on New Years Eve. The Thai police initially tried to cover the case up untill it hit the Western (UK) media big time and all of a sudden, things happened a lot faster than usual in Thailand and even two suspects were areested and convicted. One wonders if they really were the culprits.

Interesting to follow this case now and see how it pans out.

]]> By: Big in Japan | Tokyo English teacher murder - a small update http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/29/english-teacher-murdered-in-tokyo/#comment-1930 Big in Japan | Tokyo English teacher murder - a small update Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:20:21 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/29/english-teacher-murdered-in-tokyo/#comment-1930 [...]   « English teacher murdered in Tokyo | Home [...] […]   « English teacher murdered in Tokyo | Home […]

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