Now China Says Four Japanese To Be Executed

[Mulboyne]

Japan Times: China: Four Japanese will be put to death
China has informed Japan that it will execute four Japanese nationals for drug-smuggling, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada revealed Friday, expressing concern over how the killings will impact public sentiment. It was reported earlier this week that China planned to execute one Japanese man convicted of drug-running, possibly next Monday. Japan established diplomatic relations with China in 1972, and at least from that point on no Japanese had been executed in the country...However, Okada said during a news conference that he could not ask Beijing to stop the executions because the sentences were handed down in accordance with China's domestic laws. "Each country has its own laws and judicial system and I don't think this is an issue where I can squarely ask China to call off the executions," Okada said. "That goes for Japan as well. If another country (asked us to stop an execution), we would cite judicial independence or say that it is a domestic issue." Beijing had notified Tokyo on Monday that Mitsunobu Akano, 65, would be executed within seven days, the Foreign Ministry said. On Friday, Okada revealed that China told him Thursday it will also execute Teruo Takeda, 67, Hironori Ukai, 48, and Katsuo Mori, 67...more...

[Hikonejou]

Japan has such Weak Ass Politicians.

GROW SOME BALLS HATOYAMA!

Too much business in China to save their own.

This is the result of outsourcing nearly ALL of your Corperations to China.

In one way or the other, the Chinese already own Japan the rest of the freak'en world for that matter.

Thoughts and prayers to the families of the Japanese soon to be executed for a crime that does not merritt Execution.

Prison: Perhaps, but Execution? ...Execution

Uh that means DEATH People!!!

That's completly INSANE and way over the EXTREMES!!

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Prison: Perhaps, but Execution? ...Execution

Uh that means DEATH People!!!

That's completly INSANE and way over the EXTREMES!!

It's reassuring to hear someone from Texas (based on your profile) saying something like this.

[Ketou]

China still use a bullet to the back of the head?
Probably be a quicker death than hanging.

[Ganma]

China still use a bullet to the back of the head?
Probably be a quicker death than hanging.

I heard they use lethal injections now.

[Ketou]

I heard they use lethal injections now.

Sounds like they found a use for their unsold gyoza.

[Midwinter]

Japan has such Weak Ass Politicians.

GROW SOME BALLS HATOYAMA!

Too much business in China to save their own.

This is the result of outsourcing nearly ALL of your Corperations to China.

In one way or the other, the Chinese already own Japan the rest of the freak'en world for that matter.

Thoughts and prayers to the families of the Japanese soon to be executed for a crime that does not merritt Execution.

Prison: Perhaps, but Execution? ...Execution

Uh that means DEATH People!!!

That's completly INSANE and way over the EXTREMES!!

Agreed, it is insane and extreme BUT!... if you're stupid enough to traffic drugs in countries with such punishments, well you deserve what you get. After all, if you're that fucking stupid to begin with, its only a matter of time before you find some other way to kill yourself.

[Ganma]

[Greji]

It's reassuring to hear someone from Texas (based on your profile) saying something like this.

Yup, Texans really hate executions

[Samurai_Jerk]

Japan has such Weak Ass Politicians.

GROW SOME BALLS HATOYAMA!

Too much business in China to save their own.

This is the result of outsourcing nearly ALL of your Corperations to China.

In one way or the other, the Chinese already own Japan the rest of the freak'en world for that matter.

Thoughts and prayers to the families of the Japanese soon to be executed for a crime that does not merritt Execution.

Prison: Perhaps, but Execution? ...Execution

Uh that means DEATH People!!!

That's completly INSANE and way over the EXTREMES!!

And what would you suggest Japan do? They could get as indignent as they want about it and it won't change anything.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

And what would you suggest Japan do? They could get as indignent as they want about it and it won't change anything.

Considering marijuana is regarded as "evil" in Japan, it's hard to see Japan getting indignant over serious drug trafficking charges elsewhere. Let these blokes hang (or whatever it is the Chinese use to dispose of such scum).

[Behan]

A bit off topic, but the news just said a mother turned her junior high school daughter into the police after finding some marijuana in her pocket.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

A bit off topic, but the news just said a mother turned her junior high school daughter into the police after finding some marijuana in her pocket.

That evil kid...should execute her, too.

[Bucky]

A bit off topic, but the news just said a mother turned her junior high school daughter into the police after finding some marijuana in her pocket.

Dude! THAT is tough love.
Pretty hip mom if she knew marijuana when she saw it.

[hundefar]

A bit off topic, but the news just said a mother turned her junior high school daughter into the police after finding some marijuana in her pocket.

wtf? who would turn their own children in? maybe the mother is worried that her daughter will turn into a drug addict and thinks she is helping her.

[Hikonejou]

And what would you suggest Japan do? They could get as indignent as they want about it and it won't change anything.

I don't know...call Bill Clinton or sombody...anybody!!!!

[Samurai_Jerk]

A bit off topic, but the news just said a mother turned her junior high school daughter into the police after finding some marijuana in her pocket.

I hope her daughter remembers that when mom is too old to care for herself anymore and is expecting a little oyakoko.

[Mulboyne]

The other three were executed this morning:

Global Times: Three Japanese drug smugglers executed in NE China

Three Japanese nationals were executed Friday morning after being convicted of drug smuggling and trafficking, the Supreme People's Court said in an announcement, according to a Xinhua report. The three Japanese, Teruo Takeda, 67, Hironori Ukai, 48, and Katsuo Mori, 67, were put to death in northeastern Liaoning Province. Their sentences were announced in 2007. Takeda was convicted of buying about 5 kg of methamphetamine in China in June 2003 and instructing another Japanese to take the drugs out of China. The accomplices were caught by police at the airports in Dalian and Shenyang when they attempted to smuggle the drug to Japan the following month. Takeda was seized by police in June 2004 when he was trading more than 2.9 kg stimulants with other drug dealers, the court said.

Ukai was caught by police at an airport in Dalian in September 2003 when he and a Korean accomplice attempted to pass security check with wrapped drugs hidden under clothes. Ukai was found carrying about 1.5 kg drugs. Mori was caught by police when he attempted to board a plane from Shenyang to Japan with 1.25 kg drugs in July 2003. His Japanese accomplice was still at large, the court said. China on Tuesday executed another Japanese drug smuggler, 65-year-old Mitsunobu Akano, who met with relatives one day before his death. Based on Chinese law, trafficking, making or selling of 50 grams of methamphetamine or more can lead to capital punishment.

Analysts suggested that some of the convicts were either homeless or jobless in Japan. They were taken advantage of by criminal groups that promised them large rewards for smuggling drugs into Japan. They weren't aware that Chinese law is much harsher on drug-related crimes than Japanese law, which sets life imprisonment as the worst punishment. Some Japanese media reports quoted people as saying capital punishment was too harsh and the verdicts targeted Japanese people, demanding Tokyo take action.

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, though expressing regret over the verdicts, called on Japanese people to remain calm and to recognize the differences between the two countries' laws. According to Tokyo's Ministry of Justice, a Chinese criminal was executed in Japan in July for murder.

[Catoneinutica]

In my dreams: So....Blinky! Whaddya think of the "shinajin" executing those four members of the minzoku? Nihon to ieru 'no'?
Ajia to ieru 'no' [co-written in 1994 with that bum-burglar Mahatir]? Now it looks like, Shina to ieru 'bang, bang, bang, bang!' Think your name is on their to-do list?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

In my dreams: So....Blinky! Whaddya think of the "shinajin" executing those four members of the minzoku? Nihon to ieru 'no'?
Ajia to ieru 'no' [co-written in 1994 with that bum-burglar Mahatir]? Now it looks like, Shina to ieru 'bang, bang, bang, bang!' Think your name is on their to-do list?

This kinda makes me yearn for the old Cold War days, where the actions of one country elicited reprisals from the other...

[Bucky]

Obviously this is a another case of a foreigner in Roppongi giving the contraband to the guy. Oh, wait, he was IN China.

Sheesh, he was only bringing home tea as a souvenir of his visit to China.

Sounds like you can begin the death row watch on this guy.

Airport security workers intercepted a Japanese tourist in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province as he tried to smuggle through 2,475 grams of methamphetamine onto a flight, a local newspaper reported Tuesday.

The Japanese man, whose name was not made public, was going through security at Liuting Airport in Qingdao for a flight to Fukuoka last Wednesday, when he was caught with the highly addictive stimulant also known as crystal meth or ice.

It's the largest drug bust in the city, police said.
The local Peninsula City newspaper said that authorities searched the man's carry-on bag after it passed through the X-ray machine. They found three boxes of methamphetamine disguised as tea.

The label on the tea boxes was written in traditional Chinese characters and in Japanese, but carried no expiration or manufacture date. Customs officers found 10 sealed iron tubes inside the boxes.
"Unwrapping the tubes, we found there was still something wrapped with tinfoil.

The texture of the product was hard, and it appeared that it didn't contain tea leaves inside," a custom officer told the newspaper.
The officers then found 10 vacuum-packed bags with the drugs, which were 80 percent pure.

"When we were unwrapping the boxes, the tourist started sweating," the officer said.

More here

[Behan]

Obviously this is a another case of a foreigner in Roppongi giving the contraband to the guy. Oh, wait, he was IN China. URL="http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-05/533044.html"]More here[/URL]

It just goes to show how Japanese can't trust the Chinese gaijin in China.