Murder in Roppongi last night

[Samurai_Jerk]

You know the police have fuck all to do when they're cracking down on illegal dancing. Where's Kevin Bacon when you need him?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Where's Kevin Bacon when you need him?

Footloose and fancy-free for sure, but I guarantee he'll be no more than six steps away, wherever you are....

[gaijinpunch]

You know the police have fuck all to do when they're cracking down on illegal dancing. Where's Kevin Bacon when you need him?

Probably getting his dick sucked legally for 3000 yen.

[Samurai_Jerk]

You know the police have fuck all to do when they're cracking down on illegal dancing. Where's Kevin Bacon when you need him?

Probably getting his dick sucked legally for 3000 yen.

Only 3000? Please. Everyone knows there's a thousand yen surcharge for foreigners.

[matsuki]

Operator of nightclub where man was beaten to death arrested under illegal dancing law

Police on Monday said they have arrested the operator of a Roppongi nightclub where a man was beaten to death by a gang of 10 men on Sept 2 on charges of permitting dancing without a license.

According to police, the club owner, Mikito Baba, 39, and seven employees, were arrested after police raided the club on Sunday night.

After the fatal beating incident, Baba closed the club, then named Flower, and reopened it under the name Studio Gate on Sept 21, NTV reported. Police say that Baba did not apply for the appropriate license to permit dancing on the premises.

A police spokesperson said that the club was also unlicensed at the time of the attack, NTV reported.

The no-dancing regulation, which dates back to 1948, has been getting a lot of media attention recently as a police crackdown intensifies.

And here is more on the no-dancing laws.

Cracks me up when they charge you 3000 to get into a club and tell you "but no dancing allowed"

[Russell]

You know the police have fuck all to do when they're cracking down on illegal dancing. Where's Kevin Bacon when you need him?

Probably getting his dick sucked legally for 3000 yen.

Only 3000? Please. Everyone knows there's a thousand yen surcharge for foreigners.

Do they charge per inch?!?

[Taro Toporific]

Owners of vehicles used in Roppongi beating death identified
---Vans were registered to a man in his 20s and a venture capital firm---
The Tokyo Reporter | Oct. 15, 2012
The registered owners of the vehicles used last month in the beating death of a restaurant manager at a club in the Roppongi entertainment area have been identified, reports weekly tabloid Friday (Oct. 26).
The two vans used to transport the gang of thugs that assaulted and killed 31-year-old Ryosuke Fujimoto have been traced by investigators to a man in his 20s and a company director once affiliated with the bosozoku motorcycle gang Kanto Rengo.
More...

[matsuki]

Owners of vehicles used in Roppongi beating death identified
---Vans were registered to a man in his 20s and a venture capital firm---
The Tokyo Reporter | Oct. 15, 2012
The registered owners of the vehicles used last month in the beating death of a restaurant manager at a club in the Roppongi entertainment area have been identified, reports weekly tabloid Friday (Oct. 26).
The two vans used to transport the gang of thugs that assaulted and killed 31-year-old Ryosuke Fujimoto have been traced by investigators to a man in his 20s and a company director once affiliated with the bosozoku motorcycle gang Kanto Rengo.
More...

Lent out my van....out of the country for the time being....this case is fast heading to the J-popo follies section.

[FG Lurker]

Out to kill a guy but don't want to do anything illegal like steeling a car...

[matsuki]

Out to kill a guy but don't want to do anything illegal like steeling a car...

Or just license plates? (or cover them up?)

[Taro Toporific]

Strikeout: Roppongi beating suspects to not face murder charges due to use of bats
The Tokyo Reporter / April 30, 2013
Due to the choice of the weapon used in the beating death of 31-year-old restaurant manager Ryosuke Fujimoto last year in Roppongi, none of the 18 suspects will not be tried for murder...
...Prosecutors have applied manslaughter charges to nine suspects, while another six will be tried on assembly with dangerous weapons. Charges have been dropped entirely for three suspects.
More...

[yanpa]

Roppongi beating suspects to not face murder charges due to use of bats

How about animal cruelty charges?

[Samurai_Jerk]

Strikeout: Roppongi beating suspects to not face murder charges due to use of bats
The Tokyo Reporter / April 30, 2013
Due to the choice of the weapon used in the beating death of 31-year-old restaurant manager Ryosuke Fujimoto last year in Roppongi, none of the 18 suspects will not be tried for murder...
...Prosecutors have applied manslaughter charges to nine suspects, while another six will be tried on assembly with dangerous weapons. Charges have been dropped entirely for three suspects.
More...

I wonder if the same logic could be used for a sushi chef who uses a knife.

Note to self: Next time you want to kill someone be sure to join a baseball team in advance and use a bat.

A reporter covering the police beat for a major paper tells Shukan Post, “Investigators on the case feel a deep sense of bitterness since the charge of murder was not applied for the brutal incident, one in which the victim was mistaken for another person and beaten to death with bats.”

That's the first I've heard this.

[legion]

Due to the choice of the weapon used in the beating death of 31-year-old restaurant manager Ryosuke Fujimoto last year in Roppongi, none of the 18 suspects will not be tried for murder, reports Shukan Post (May 3-10).

none of them will not ?

that means all of them will?

[Russell]

Due to the choice of the weapon used in the beating death of 31-year-old restaurant manager Ryosuke Fujimoto last year in Roppongi, none of the 18 suspects will not be tried for murder, reports Shukan Post (May 3-10).

none of them will not ?

that means all of them will?

Nope, the original sentence somehow resonates with American logic.

You ain't seen nothing yet...

[legion]

Due to the choice of the weapon used in the beating death of 31-year-old restaurant manager Ryosuke Fujimoto last year in Roppongi, none of the 18 suspects will not be tried for murder, reports Shukan Post (May 3-10).

none of them will not ?

that means all of them will?

Nope, the original sentence somehow resonates with American logic.

You ain't seen nothing yet...

that's something I never will forget