Fatal shooting hits Nagasaki sports club

SASEBO, Nagasaki -- At least one person died and several others were injured after a gunman opened fire at a sports club here Friday, police and other sources said.

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Sasebo Police Station officials said the shooter was between 170 and 180 centimeters tall, and was wearing a full-faced helmet and a silver-gray jacket. Reports said that he fled the scene on foot.

Sources at the sports club said that recently Kuramoto had been stalked by a foreigner. (Mainichi Daily News)

The latest TV report said the shooter went straight to the pool area (where Kuramoto worked as a swim instructor) and shot her. If there really is a stalker, that would be the safe money.

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gaijin these days....

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one of victims

Methinks the U.S. Naval Base will be getting more than its share of protesters over the next few days whatever the outcome.

The height of the killer seems to range in media reports between 170 and 190cm. Which describes about 60% of the adult population in Sasebo. It also says that he was well built which could easy mean that he is a baseball player indicted for steroid use.

I suppose that if it was a foreigner who shot the gym instructor, that would mean that Japan has it's first case of a gaijin commiting an act of terrorism on Japanese soil....coming next to an international airport near you, DNA analysis and psychological profiles prior to being let into the country.

Now the TV news is reporting that the shooter committed suicide. Still not mentioning anything about his Japanosity or lack thereof. Seems unlikely that they'd refrain from bringing up the FG angle if it were even a possibility, but I'm sure we'll find out soon.

sublight wrote:Now the TV news is reporting that the shooter committed suicide. Still not mentioning anything about his Japanosity or lack thereof. Seems unlikely that they'd refrain from bringing up the FG angle if it were even a possibility, but I'm sure we'll find out soon.

Just mentioned on the news that the suicide was a Japanese person. Too bad Takecrap.

Takechanpoo wrote:gaijin these days....

"....who has been identified as Masayoshi Magome.....". Zannen Take! Maybe you'll have better luck with the next crime.

Well, if this doesn't give the Japanese more ammunition to implement their Stalinist-Nazi ideologist views, I don't know what else will. Let's just say, the guy is Japanese, that the media here initially stated the individual suspect is a FG has set the wheels in motion to an already xenophobic nation. If any of you think FG's have problems now, Pandora's box has just been opened. This is what I refer to as a "Titanic moment."

Sources at the sports club said that recently Kuramoto had been stalked by a foreigner.

I wonder what "stalked by a foreigner" means in this context. She saw one in the street on her way home?

I've been guilty of "stalking" before. Once I was walking to work in the morning through some side streets and just happened to be a few meters behind a schoolgirl. She kept looking over her shoulder at me and eventually just took off and ran up to the koban down the road. Presumably to report me - I didn't stick around to find out. I can imagine the police told her she did the right thing by coming to them.

A few weeks ago I was coming home from work and passed by a late night ATM where a woman was coming out. She saw me and did the "electric shock freeze" in the doorway. I said fuck it, and stopped right there on the pavement pretending to look through my bag for something. The game was on - which one of us would break first? It started to get ridiculous. After about two minutes she still hadn't moved at all, then suddenly she darted out and sprinted across the street (against the lights). Once safely on the other side she turned to look at me - I waved. I guess I was reported for stalking her too.

Fuck Japanese News Media (and xenophobic viewers)

I was stalked by a policeman the other day. I walked out of a restaurant one evening - being Billy No-Mates, I was dining on my own - and a cop on his bike was coming along the pavement. I stopped to let him pass because the pavement was narrow but he waved me on. I could then feel his tire up my arse as I walked towards the station. I had some time to kill so I walked into a nearby coffee shop and sat and read a book for nearly an hour. When I went outside, blow me down if the same bloke wasn't waiting outside. I didn't acknowledge him this time but started back towards the station. The fastest route took me down a side street and at that point he pulled alongside and asked if he could help me with anything. I told him I was fine and he then asked if I could help him with something. He wondered if I knew any places nearby where foreigners would hang out. I told him that I really didn't know but suggested he ask the students in one of the nearby english schools. He thanked me and I carried on my way. He followed me at a discrete distance all the way to the station. He was perfectly civil, didn't ask for any ID but certainly acted oddly.

Mulboyne wrote:I was stalked by a policeman the other day.... I could then feel his tire up my arse as I walked towards the station. I had some time to kill so I walked into a nearby coffee shop and sat and read a book for nearly an hour. When I went outside, blow me down if the same bloke wasn't waiting outside... at that point he pulled alongside and asked if he could help me with anything... He wondered if I knew any places nearby where foreigners would hang out....He followed me at a discrete distance all the way to the station. He was perfectly civil, didn't ask for any ID but certainly acted oddly.

I think the cop was gay and has a thing for gaijin businessmen in tailored suits.

Mulboyne wrote:I was stalked by a policeman the other day . . .

I think I would've been tempted to tell him how safe I felt in Japan, especially when the country seems to provide foreigners with their own personal body guard.

I might've even introduced him as such (my own police guard) to anyone half interested.

However, for the record, I would prefer the Minisuka Police.

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wholeheartedly disappointed to find out suspect is not .....

amdg wrote:I wonder what "stalked by a foreigner" means in this context . . .

Actually, I could see how it could happen a lot in Japan - to the paranoid.

Wherever they go, there's "the foreigner"!

Even though it might actually be several different FG's during the day, foreigners "ALL LOOK THE SAME", so they think it's the same sick puppy, following them.

Just a theory.

amdg wrote:I wonder what "stalked by a foreigner" means in this context. She saw one in the street on her way home?

I've been guilty of "stalking" before. Once I was walking to work in the morning through some side streets and just happened to be a few meters behind a schoolgirl. She kept looking over her shoulder at me and eventually just took off and ran up to the koban down the road. Presumably to report me - I didn't stick around to find out. I can imagine the police told her she did the right thing by coming to them.

A few weeks ago I was coming home from work and passed by a late night ATM where a woman was coming out. She saw me and did the "electric shock freeze" in the doorway. I said fuck it, and stopped right there on the pavement pretending to look through my bag for something. The game was on - which one of us would break first? It started to get ridiculous. After about two minutes she still hadn't moved at all, then suddenly she darted out and sprinted across the street (against the lights). Once safely on the other side she turned to look at me - I waved. I guess I was reported for stalking her too.

And all this never would have happened if had been wearing clothes underneath that trenchcoat;)

kurohinge1 wrote:Actually, I could see how it could happen a lot in Japan - to the paranoid.

Wherever they go, there's "the foreigner"!

Heh, reminds me of a conversation with one of my students when I had a gig teaching JASDF pilots (fun bunch and really nice guys, but about as gung-ho macho as hamsters in a flower patch). He was from way out in the sticks and the fast pace of Shizuoka was more than he could take in.

"I can't believe how many foreigners there are here!"

"Huh? If I walk from the city hall to the station (about 2km), I see maybe one or two."

"Yeah, it's incredible!"

sublight wrote:... I had a gig teaching JASDF pilots

I met an F-15 pilot at my old school. He told me he wanted to stop flying as it was so hard on his body. A few years later I saw him being interviewed on TV for something JASDF related. He must have gotten pretty high up the ladder.

Yeah, I've had that "brain-washed by the TV" woman walking in front of me, quickly looking over her shoulder, knowing that even though I'm saddled with 4 bags of groceries and a gym bag, I'm about to effortlessly attack her, rape her, cut her head off and add it to my collection.
Had one woman scream when my cell phone went off, as I "was about to tear out her liver to sell it in China" (at least that is what I assume she was thinking when she screamed). I told her to not be such a racist as it made her look older than she was. She actually apologized. I think if you appeal to their vanity, it helps.

Mulboyne wrote:I was stalked by a policeman the other day. I walked out of a restaurant one evening - being Billy No-Mates, I was dining on my own - and a cop on his bike was coming along the pavement. I stopped to let him pass because the pavement was narrow but he waved me on. I could then feel his tire up my arse as I walked towards the station. I had some time to kill so I walked into a nearby coffee shop and sat and read a book for nearly an hour. When I went outside, blow me down if the same bloke wasn't waiting outside. I didn't acknowledge him this time but started back towards the station. The fastest route took me down a side street and at that point he pulled alongside and asked if he could help me with anything. I told him I was fine and he then asked if I could help him with something. He wondered if I knew any places nearby where foreigners would hang out. I told him that I really didn't know but suggested he ask the students in one of the nearby english schools. He thanked me and I carried on my way. He followed me at a discrete distance all the way to the station. He was perfectly civil, didn't ask for any ID but certainly acted oddly.

Why was he wanting to know where foreigners hung out? Wanting to stalk them too or make some new friends?

I love that you went to the coffee shop and read a book for an hour. But why were you eating alone?

[quote="GomiGirl"]Why was he wanting to know where foreigners hung out? Wanting to stalk them too or make some new friends?

I love that you went to the coffee shop and read a book for an hour. But why were you eating alone? ]
I wondered why he wanted to know that too. I could think of a place not two hundred yards from where we were standing but if no-one in his koban knew of it then I didn't see why I needed to be the one to tell him.

I got cancelled for dinner at the last minute and didn't want to ring around to enlist a friend because I knew I'd have to dump them for a later appointment. If I find myself flying solo then I'll usually use the chance to scout new places which could be useful later with clients. That's a lot easier to do on my tod. Well, bars are a lot easier but restaurants can be dull, hence the permanent presence of a decent book. I'm thinking now of ostentatiously writing in a notebook while frowning over each course in the hope people might start mistaking me for a Michelin reviewer and give me some free booze or a maybe a hefty discount.

Regardless of being the same Japanese, I too have experiences that I got disgusted by 40~50 year old babas who were doing "healthful walking" in night.
Not a few of these babas watched me by their suspicious eyes when they came across me. And as soon as meeting my gaze, these babas turned their face away from me. Probably because my head is bald and scar face.
In this point I a little bit understand gaijin's feeling.

Hey Melboruen,
the answer is that
"If you see a suspicious person, let's salute or ask the way to the suspicious person nonchalantly!!!"
I have the same experience, too!:lol:

Mulboyne wrote:I'm thinking now of ostentatiously writing in a notebook while frowning over each course in the hope people might start mistaking me for a Michelin reviewer and give me some free booze or a maybe a hefty discount.

oohhh sounds like a plan.

Mulboyne wrote: . . . That's a lot easier to do on my tod. . .

"on my tod"

New Japanese expressions on FG are not unusual for me, but now I've learnt a new English expression too!

Doumo, Mulboyne-san.

[quote="kurohinge1"]"on my tod"

New Japanese expressions on FG are not unusual for me, but now I've learnt a new English expression too!

Doumo, Mulboyne-san.

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Have you never heard that before?

GomiGirl wrote:Have you never heard that before?

He's not the only one.

GomiGirl wrote:Have you never heard that before?

First time for me too.

When I was in Japan, anytime someone pulled that "deer in a headlights" freeze, I'd just keep going in whatever direction I was going and I'd nod my head in greeting and say konnichiwa or ohayougozaimasu or whatever with a pleasant expression on my face. I'd usually get a smile and a greeting in return.

If a cop followed me, I'd ask him why he was following me. I did that to some American cops.