Dead Gaijins

[Greji]

Probably looked the wrong way before crossing the street..

GJ

Which one? The taxi driver of the late FG?

[Mulboyne]

[Mulboyne]

The NYTimes calls Henry Froehlich "The pioneer in Japanese camera imports"

In 1951, after acquiring United States distribution rights for Konica cameras from the Konishiroku Photo Industry Company of Japan, Mr. Froehlich started the Konica Camera Company in Philadelphia. In 1961, his company merged with Berkey Photo, which distributed other lines of Japanese photo products. Mr. Froehlich was president of Berkey Photo until 1982.

PopPhoto: Why We Needed Henry Froehlich

A refugee from Nazi Germany, Henry did much to promote Japanese cameras in the U.S. after World War II, distributing the Konica line. Eventually he merged that business with Berkey Photo, a key distributor that had previously absorbed the German photo importing business of Paul Klingenstein, a fellow refugee and future Mamiya partner. Henry went on to create a film-to-video conversion business with Jan Lederman, now head of the MAC Group, and the three men later founded the highly successful Mamiya America. In his role at Mamiya, Henry was a hero and friend to some of our best photographers, including Annie Leibovitz and Douglas Kirkland. If they or other Mamiya RZ or RB users had any job-threatening trouble with their equipment, Henry would hop to it, getting stuff fixed in a flash and often loaning out replacement gear in the interim. It seemed beyond the call of corporate duty, but reflected Henry's deep affection for photography and photographers. Yet he was a consummate businessman, famous for driving a hard bargain -- with absolute pleasantness.

[Taro Toporific]

19-year-old man arrested over fatal hit-and-run of American tourist in December
Japan Today, Feb 20
A 19-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly running over and killing a 26-year-old American tourist on a street in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in late December and fleeing the scene, the Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday. The suspect, whose name is being withheld because he is a minor, has denied the allegations, saying he felt a bump but did not think he had hit anyone. David James Floyd, an employee of the National Basketball Association team Dallas Mavericks, had just been struck by a taxi and was lying in the street in the Sendagaya district when police allege he was run over by the youth at around 12.35 a.m.....

Yomiuri: U.S. tourist in Tokyo struck, killed by taxi

[Mulboyne]

You need to be registered with the New York Times - unless you use bugmenot - to see the following PDF. It's an account of the murder in 1861 of Mr Heustren who was a Dutch interpreter working for the American legation. The murder was a major diplomatic incident and this is a brief contemporary account:

Murder of the American Secretary of Legation. Full and Interesting Particulars of His Death -- Curious Conversation with Tommy. (PDF)

[kurohinge1]

. . . It's an account of the murder in 1861 of Mr Heustren who was a Dutch interpreter working for the American legation. . .

Over 140 years later, the "swords" are now guns, and Japan has swapped with America.

[Greji]

[quote="kurohinge1"]Over 140 years later, the "swords" are now guns, and Japan has swapped with America.

]

You should throw the UK in there as well. They're still having a helluva time sorting out their new sword laws....

[Mulboyne]

There's also another account here of attempted murder of foreigners at the British Legation in 1861, the same year as Heustren was killed.

[kurohinge1]

And only 1 year later (in 1862) was the Namamugi Incident(aka the "Richardson Affair") leading to the British Navy's bombardment of Kagoshima in 1863:

Four British subjects (a Shanghai merchant named Charles Lennox Richardson, two other men named Clark and Marshall, and Mrs. Borrodaile) were travelling on the T&#333]They were met with obduracy[/B], seized several Satsuma vessels as hostage against payment, and were fired on by Satsuma forts. The squadron retaliated, and the so-called naval bombardment of Kagoshima ensued. This claimed 5 lives among the people of Satsuma, 11 lives among the British (including, with a single cannon shot, the Captain and the Commander of the British flagship HMS Euryalus). Material losses were important, with around 500 houses burnt in Kagoshima, and three Satsuma steamships destroyed. The conflict caused much controversy in the British House of Commons, but Admiral Sir Augustus Leopold Kuper's conduct was eventually commended by the House. Satsuma admired the actions of the Royal Navy and sought a trading relationship with Britain as a result. Later that year, they paid the huge reparations demanded . . . more

That's my new eigo word for the day - obduracy.

[Greji]

[quote="kurohinge1"]
That's my new eigo word for the day - obduracy.

]

Kuro, I will endeavor to keep you from becoming more obdurate than you already are by adding this.

The Satsuma clan made they payments in part for damages inflicted in their home area.

The killing of Lord Richardson (which ruined his whole day), was laid off on the Bakufu to pay restitution. The Shogun was essentially broke and a deal was made to cede the land running from an area near the incident all the way down to Yokohama covering must of the area resident to the big noses.

The land was ceded to the FGs with exterritoriality, the same as a diplomatic legation. Essentially, the law of Japan no longer applied therein (i.e. no gambling laws). The English residents immediately constructed a racecourse, which became Yokohama Racecourse and started the first western styled horse racing began in Japan complete with bookmakers.

[Mulboyne]

[Mulboyne]

Popular Dutch crime novelist Janwillem van de Wetering died earlier this month. During his time in Japan in the early 60s, he lived in a monastery studying Zen Buddhism and later wrote about his experiences in "The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery" (1971). A few years later, he brought out a sequel "A Glimpse of Nothingness: Experiences in an American Zen Community" and, over twenty years later, he wrote "Afterzen: Experiences of a Zen Student Out on His Ear". He still held a good deal of respect and affection for the religion but had become disillusioned with the scandals attached its spiritual leaders and would argue "koans are overrated".

He created a pair of detectives called Grijpstra and De Gier and his 1977 book, "The Japanese Corpse", which was the fifth in the series, pitted them against the yakuza. He also used his Japanese experience in a book of short stories called "Inspector Saito's Small Satori". His stories for children are also well-known and helped establish his reputation in America.

[Taro Toporific]

[Behan]

[AssKissinger]

A British man living in the outskirts of Tokyo with the teenage Japanese wife he met over the internet, was arrested last night on suspicion of shaking their 12-day-old baby son to death.

Well, let's give him the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure he was a good dad up to that point.

[IkemenTommy]

This doesn't seem to have made it on TV news yet.

Actually, I heard this on the TV news yesterday so the word is out. Pretty fucked up if you ask me.

[Mulboyne]

Japan Times: German tourist dies on Yakushima

A German tourist fell to his death Thursday after slipping off a walking trail into the Segire River on Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, police said. The police identified the tourist as Peter Schneider, 65. Schneider and his wife were strolling along the trail by the river when he slipped and fell more than 10 meters into the river, the police said, adding his wife was unhurt. He and his wife arrived at Yakushima Island on Wednesday for a sightseeing trip, the police said.

[Hawaiibadboy]

Japan Times: German tourist dies on Yakushima

Damn.... dumb!!

"One less bitch ya gotta worry about..
he's outta here and that's how it turned out"

Lyrics from N.W.A

[Soccerboy]

A couple found at the foot of Beachy Head with the body of their son have been identified.

Sussex Police named them as Neil Puttick, 34, and his Japanese wife Kazumi, 44, from Westbury in Wiltshire. Their five-year-old son was named as Samuel Puttick.

It is thought the couple placed the body of their dead child in a rucksack before jumping with it to their own deaths 400ft down a cliff.

The bodies were spotted by coastguards on a routine cliff top patrol of Beachy Head, East Sussex, around 8pm on Sunday night but were left overnight as it was thought safer to recover them in daylight.

Eastbourne Coastguard station officer Stuart McNab, who was one of the first to be winched down the cliff, said he found the youngster in a rucksack along with a second rucksack filled with toys.

He said: "The bag was closed when I got to it. I saw what I thought was a doll's head, but on closer examination it was a child."

He said the second rucksack had toys in it including a tractor and soft toys, but added that he did not look closely as he had to wait for police scenes of crime officers to go down to inspect the scene first.

The parents are said to have been unable to come to terms with the death, believed to be the result of an illness, according to sources.

Sussex Police said they are not treating the deaths as suspicious as inquiries continued into the background to the tragedy.

[pheyton]

Was Neil an FG? Or just someone who nabbed a Japanese girl on holiday to the UK?

Gotta admit, I'm not sure how I would make it if one of my children passed away.

[kurohinge1]

A couple found at the foot of Beachy Head with the body of their son have been identified.

Sussex Police named them as Neil Puttick, 34, and his Japanese wife Kazumi, 44, from Westbury in Wiltshire. Their five-year-old son was named as Samuel Puttick.

. . . The parents are said to have been unable to come to terms with the death, believed to be the result of an illness, according to sources. . .

[SIZE="4"]Life without Sam meant nothing to his parents[/SIZE]

Devastated friends of British couple Neil and Kazumi Puttick said life without their bubbly son Sam - who died on Friday - would have meant nothing . . .

The pair had devoted their lives to caring for Sam full-time, after he was paralysed in a car crash in 2005. An army of friends and well-wishers had banded together to make this possible, raising money so the couple could spend every moment with Sam and buy him ventilators and other equipment so he could develop.

When Sam died of meningitis on Friday, his parents were reportedly so overcome with grief they decided they could not go on without him.

. . . The pair reportedly drove more than 150 kilometres from their home to the cliffs in their silver Volkswagen. When police found the car, there was a half-eaten banana and a family-sized bag of peanuts left on the front seat.

Details have now emerged of the passionate community effort - comprising local and international friends - to give Sam a better life after his 2005 accident.

A website, Stuff4Sam, set up to raise money for Sam and his parents, revealed the strong support the trio received from people all around the world. . .

A "Hi Sam" page shows photos of support from people in countries including Britain, Australia, Japan, Morocco and Afghanistan and even in Antarctica.

. . . A neighbour, who did not wish to be named, told The Sun the couple had given Sam the best life they could.

"They cared for that little boy 150 per cent and tried to make his life as happy as they could. They didn't hide him away and tried to make every day fun for him." . . . more

[Bucky]

Neil and Kazumi Puttick posted touching messages to wellwishers about five-year-old Samuel who was paralysed in a car accident when he was aged just 18 months.
The youngster died of meningitis on Friday. His body and those of his heartbroken parents were discovered at the notorious suicide spot in East Sussex three days later.
One note posted by Samuel's father in December 2007 said: "When he's confident with people, even though Sam can't move below his neck, he fills a room with his character and chat and it is an absolute joy to us to see what he will say next.
"All this from a boy that was given no chance of survival after the accident. He is our biggest Christmas wish every single moment!"

The grieving couple who ended their lives at Beachy Head wrote a blog about the condition of their disabled son.

[Mulboyne]

Here's another sad one. Japan has just hosted the International Rugby Board Junior World Championship and the final was won yesterday by New Zealand when they beat England at Prince Chichibu Stadium in Tokyo. It seems one New Zealand father had flown to Tokyo to see his son play in the game but died in the stands while watching. There were attempts to resuscitate him but to no avail.

Guildford's dad dies at rugby final

New Zealand's win in the world under-20 rugby championship has been tinged with sadness by the death of the father of star back Zac Guildford. It is understood Robert Guildford died in the grandstands while watching the final in Tokyo where New Zealand scored seven tries to beat England 44-28. Zac Guildford scored two of those tries on the wing as he claimed his second world title with the national under-20s. He is a Hawke's Bay and Hurricanes representative. His father Robert is a former Wairarapa Bush player who took great delight in his son's progress that included making the trip to Japan for this latest tournament. Zac Guildford became the youngest ever Hurricanes player when he was selected as an 18-year-old for the 2008 season. He is a former Napier Boys' High School pupil and New Zealand schools representative. Hawke's Bay rugby officials expressed their sadness.

[Ketou]

[ There were attempts to resuscitate him but to no avail.

Yep....likely after about 30 minutes of people milling around and staring at the poor bloke the medics finally arrive to try and resuscitate him.

[AssKissinger]

A couple found at the foot of Beachy Head with the body of their son have been identified.

Sussex Police named them as Neil Puttick, 34, and his Japanese wife Kazumi, 44, from Westbury in Wiltshire. Their five-year-old son was named as Samuel Puttick.

It is thought the couple placed the body of their dead child in a rucksack before jumping with it to their own deaths 400ft down a cliff.

The bodies were spotted by coastguards on a routine cliff top patrol of Beachy Head, East Sussex, around 8pm on Sunday night but were left overnight as it was thought safer to recover them in daylight.

Eastbourne Coastguard station officer Stuart McNab, who was one of the first to be winched down the cliff, said he found the youngster in a rucksack along with a second rucksack filled with toys.

He said: "The bag was closed when I got to it. I saw what I thought was a doll's head, but on closer examination it was a child."

He said the second rucksack had toys in it including a tractor and soft toys, but added that he did not look closely as he had to wait for police scenes of crime officers to go down to inspect the scene first.

The parents are said to have been unable to come to terms with the death, believed to be the result of an illness, according to sources.

Sussex Police said they are not treating the deaths as suspicious as inquiries continued into the background to the tragedy.

It's sad the kid suffered and died but his parents killing themselves is just retarded. What a couple of lame ass drama queens!

[Iraira]

Man dies at chocolate factory
An employee at a New Jersey chocolate processing plant died Wednesday after falling into a vat of hot chocolate, according to a spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor's office.

Vincent Smith II, 29, was dumping raw chocolate into the vat for melting when he fell in from a nine-foot high platform. He suffered a fatal blow to the head from the vat's agitator, a paddle-like mechanism used for stirring the chocolate.

According to the Camden County prosecutor's office, three other people were on the platform at the time. One was able to shut the machinery off quickly, but it was too late to save Smith.

The rectangular vat, which was 8 feet deep, 14 feet long and 6 feet wide, was churning a batch of chocolate for Hershey's when the accident occurred, the prosecutor's office said.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/07/09/new.jersey.chocolate.death/index.html

[Greji]

Quote:
Man dies at chocolate factory
An employee at a New Jersey chocolate processing plant died Wednesday after falling into a vat of hot chocolate, according to a spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor's office.

Vincent Smith II, 29, was dumping raw chocolate into the vat for melting when he fell in from a nine-foot high platform. He suffered a fatal blow to the head from the vat's agitator, a paddle-like mechanism used for stirring the chocolate.

According to the Camden County prosecutor's office, three other people were on the platform at the time. One was able to shut the machinery off quickly, but it was too late to save Smith.

The rectangular vat, which was 8 feet deep, 14 feet long and 6 feet wide, was churning a batch of chocolate for Hershey's when the accident occurred, the prosecutor's office said.

Now what are we saying here? Does this mean the next box of candy bars I buy, will not be "Hersheys with Almonds", but "Hersheys with Smith"?

[james]

[Taro Toporific]

[Mulboyne]