Shooting In Yokohama

[Mulboyne]

AP: Gunman injures 3 near Tokyo, hides in building
A fire department official says a gunman has shot and wounded three men before taking refuge in a building in Yokohama, south of the Japanese capital. Media reports say one of the injured is in critical condition. Ken Koide, a city fire department official in Yokohama, said Friday that the shooting took place in a residential area. He said authorities are investigating.

Some media reports are speculating the man is a member of the Inagawa-kai

[Coligny]

Ok, but how many foreigner behaving strangely were seen around the city before it happened ?

[Greji]

Ok, but how many foreigner behaving strangely were seen around the city before it happened ?

That certainly would cover a bunch of people on this board, but it must not have been an fg, or it would already be all over the headlines (unless the fg was the victim and then it might not have made the news at all).

[Mulboyne]

NHK is reporting (JP) the gunman committed suicide.

In English, this from Kyodo:

A gunman was found dead inside a building in Yokohama on Friday afternoon, after having shot and seriously injured three men in an apparent dispute over a loan repayment, according to police.

[IkemenTommy]

That certainly would cover a bunch of people on this board, but it must not have been an fg, or it would already be all over the headlines (unless the fg was the victim and then it might not have made the news at all).

It occurred near Chinatown. Now you can guess which race he could have been..

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Some media reports are speculating the man is a member of the Inagawa-kai

I hope one of the victims was not Jake Adelstein....

[Gilligan]

I hope one of the victims was not Jake Adelstein....

If it was we're likely never to know because his body will be mixed into the cement of the next building to be built in Japan.

[Coligny]

It occurred near Chinatown. Now you can guess which race he could have been..

Hum... human !?

[xenomorph42]

It occurred near Chinatown. Now you can guess which race he could have been..

Either the Jews, 18th street gangs, MS-13, Crips or Bloods, Nigerians or possibly the Russians.

[jakeadelstein]

[Samurai_Jerk]

If it was we're likely never to know because his body will be mixed into the cement of the next building to be built in Japan.

Your claim has no foundation.

[omae mona]

Unfortunately, I was not one of the people killed. I'll try harder to be in the bullet's path next time around.

Noooooooooo! Most us appreciate your writing and your occasional visits here to FG. Welcome back, by the way, and thanks for the fascinating information and perspective.

[Samurai_Jerk]

UPDATE: Gunman Commits Suicide After Injuring 3 In Yokohama Shooting

Murder suicide when it's a family or some phycho who snaps and starts killing random people on the street makes sense to me. When it's a gangster it seems a little strange. Or would that be the honorable thing to do in Yakuza society rather than getting caught?

[Gilligan]

Your claim has no foundation.

I agree that there is no foundation to the claim, but watch the 60 Minutes video. Adelstein claims that the yakuza dump dead bodies in the foundations of buildings.

[Mike Oxlong]

Gilligan, return to base! Your bad-pun-detector is malfunctioning.

[jakeadelstein]

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Jake,
It's really classy of you to take the time to get online and support your case. I hope keeping a high public profile helps make you safer.
Things must be really tough at the moment, but hang in there and keep up the good work.

[jakeadelstein]

Jake,
It's really classy of you to take the time to get online and support your case. I hope keeping a high public profile helps make you safer.
Things must be really tough at the moment, but hang in there and keep up the good work.

Thanks for saying that. I think that a high public profile is a good strategy at this point in time. It worked for Mizoguchi Atsushi and I think that as long as I'm not saying ALL YAKUZA ARE EVIL that I can avoid pissing all of them off. We'll see. Of course, I'm using the public exposure to help support Polaris Project Japan which I think does great work in providing shelter and counsel for victims of human trafficking and exploitation. They are actually doing something useful.

[Mock Cockpit]

Nice pun about the building foundation thing.
Why do I think that the yakuza dump bodies in building foundations?
I've heard this from several yakuza and cops as well over the years. When I went to cover the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake--one detective remarked that some of the bodies found in the rubble "were people who had vanished a long, long, time ago."

I thought the main problem with burying bodies in the foundations is that as the body decays it essentially creates an air pocket which weakens the concrete. Sounds like a job for Mythbusters.

[Yokohammer]

I thought the main problem with burying bodies in the foundations is that as the body decays it essentially creates an air pocket which weakens the concrete. Sounds like a job for Mythbusters.

There's also the problem of how you might transport a body to a construction site and dump it in the foundation. On a busy construction site there will obviously be people milling around who aren't part of the "procedure". In cities the construction site will be surrounded by buildings (with windows, even). If it was a common thing there would be cases of people getting caught doing it, and I personally can't recall any (over the past 40 years or so).

Not as easy as it sounds, I suspect.

Edit: A couple more reasons why this is unlikely:

1) To preempt suggestions that the deed might be done at night: pouring concrete for even a small house is a major operation that takes time, requires a team of workers, employs large-ish machinery, and makes a significant amount of noise. Very difficult to do at night without attracting attention. Very difficult to do during the day without attracting attention, too.

2) If the deed was detected either while it was being done or even years later, the construction company would be the first to fall under suspicion. How would the body have gotten there without the construction company's complicity? Links to the Yaks would be easy to establish (in fact they're most likely well known). The Yaks may be criminals, but they're not (all) that stupid.

[BigInJapan]

Edit: A couple more reasons why this is unlikely:

Another reason = "rebar"
Rebar is widely used to reinforce concrete foundations, leaving little or no space for extra ingredients...

[GuyJean]

I don't find it so far-fetched.. Why couldn't the construkuza companies design a body chamber into the building free of rebar and structural pressure? And they claim to have hundreds of thousands of members. Why would it be a huge conspiracy to get 5 grunts to pour concrete at night?

And do you think the cops are actually looking for these dead bodies? Ichihashi has been free for 2 years, earning a living and getting facial massages, under an international man-hunt..

GJ

[Captain Japan]

It would seem to me that the body would be buried on the site before the concrete gets poured.

[Yokohammer]

It would seem to me that the body would be buried on the site before the concrete gets poured.

Only slightly more feasible, but this approach suffers from most of the same problems, especially if it's in a populated, built-up area.

Dumping/burying bodies in the mountains, woods, or ocean would involve much less risk.

Of course next someone will come up with the "but what if they chop the body into very tiny pieces and mix it with the concrete" theory. OK, that's a possibility, but then would it be necessary to mix the human chicken feed with concrete?

I'm afraid I just can't buy the bodies-in-foundations theory.

[Mock Cockpit]

It's interesting poking around the internet to see how wide-spread the "body in the foundations" rumour is.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Only slightly more feasible, but this approach suffers from most of the same problems, especially if it's in a populated, built-up area.

I think it would be relatively easy to do in Japan considering the way construction sites tend to be sealed off here. However, I too find it unlikely that it happens regularly because I also think there would have been more discoveries made over the years. Especially considering that many building here aren't built to last but to be demolish and rebuilt every few decades.

[Takechanpoo]

I recommend Adelstein to investigate kamaboko method rather than concrete.

[pheyton]

I recommend Adelstein to investigate kamaboko method rather than concrete.

Holy fuck Take, you should be a deka! I would add Satoimo to the list of Japanese foods suspected of containing human ingredients.

[Samurai_Jerk]

I recommend Adelstein to investigate kamaboko method rather than concrete.

I have to admit. When Take's funny, he's fucking funny.

[Greji]

I recommend Adelstein to investigate kamaboko method rather than concrete.