Comments on: Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito Shot Twice, Dies of Wounds http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/ Independent Podcasting from Tokyo. Featuring Seijigiri, a discussion of Japanese news and politics, as well as TPR News, our twice a week look at Japan's top stories. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:13:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: equinoXio » » Violencia mafiosa y ultraderecha en Japón http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-85610 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:08:17 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-85610 [...] Conmoción causó el asesinato de Itchō Itō, alcalde de la ciudad de Nagasaki, quien fue abatido a tiros la noche del 17 de abril por Tetsuya Shiroo, un miembro de la rama local del casi centenario clan Yamaguchi, uno de los mayores grupos de la mafia yakuza. Itō, quien moriría a causa de las heridas la madrugada del 18, se postulaba para un cuarto periodo como alcalde para las elecciones que se realizaron cinco días después. El 20 de abril, con un amplio y circense cubrimiento por parte de los medios, un enfrentamiento entre mafiosos al oeste de Tokio terminó con la muerte de una persona y el arresto del asesino, ambos de la misma pandilla, tras refugiarse el último en su apartamento por cerca de 15 horas. [...] […] Conmoción causó el asesinato de Itchō Itō, alcalde de la ciudad de Nagasaki, quien fue abatido a tiros la noche del 17 de abril por Tetsuya Shiroo, un miembro de la rama local del casi centenario clan Yamaguchi, uno de los mayores grupos de la mafia yakuza. Itō, quien moriría a causa de las heridas la madrugada del 18, se postulaba para un cuarto periodo como alcalde para las elecciones que se realizaron cinco días después. El 20 de abril, con un amplio y circense cubrimiento por parte de los medios, un enfrentamiento entre mafiosos al oeste de Tokio terminó con la muerte de una persona y el arresto del asesino, ambos de la misma pandilla, tras refugiarse el último en su apartamento por cerca de 15 horas. […]

]]> by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77584 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:37:27 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77584 I'm waiting to see if there's any real deeper investigation into Shiroo's widely reported yakuza connections. Is his confession and ludicrous reason for committing murder going to be accepted as the whole story? I’m waiting to see if there’s any real deeper investigation into Shiroo’s widely reported yakuza connections. Is his confession and ludicrous reason for committing murder going to be accepted as the whole story?

]]> by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77583 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:35:54 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77583 Ah, Japan. I don't even know whether it's the media who are fucked up or the police or the laws or all of them. You'd think <em>Asahi</em> would help out considering the police quite obviously tip off TV crews before going on high profile raids or something. Ah, Japan. I don’t even know whether it’s the media who are fucked up or the police or the laws or all of them. You’d think Asahi would help out considering the police quite obviously tip off TV crews before going on high profile raids or something.

]]> by: Pellegrini http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77444 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:34:51 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77444 I love how the TV station (Asahi) was allowed to hold on to those packages and air their contents before the police ever got to see them. I love how the TV station (Asahi) was allowed to hold on to those packages and air their contents before the police ever got to see them.

]]> by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77424 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:04:50 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77424 Mino Monta has his moments, there are three sincere questions I'd have about him as a gangbuster: 1. Is he only doing it because he's afraid of some gangster whose daughter he harrassed or molested? 2. Is he anti-yakuza or anti-Yamaguchi? I wouldn't be surprised to find that a man in Mino Monta's position who, at one point, had some breaks a la a young Sinatra, was tied to one gang or another. 3. Can he stop playing grabass and harrassing his colleagues and subordinates long enough to get anything done? In the end, though Mino Monta is safe. He doesn't even drive, so it would be hard to blame him for damage to a car. Mino Monta has his moments, there are three sincere questions I’d have about him as a gangbuster:
1. Is he only doing it because he’s afraid of some gangster whose daughter he harrassed or molested?
2. Is he anti-yakuza or anti-Yamaguchi? I wouldn’t be surprised to find that a man in Mino Monta’s position who, at one point, had some breaks a la a young Sinatra, was tied to one gang or another.
3. Can he stop playing grabass and harrassing his colleagues and subordinates long enough to get anything done?

In the end, though Mino Monta is safe. He doesn’t even drive, so it would be hard to blame him for damage to a car.

]]> by: ken http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77304 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:14:33 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77304 Well, on this morning's TV Mino Monta is sure acting like one. I'm sort of starting to fear for his safety. Well, on this morning’s TV Mino Monta is sure acting like one. I’m sort of starting to fear for his safety.

]]> by: Sam http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77248 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:39:43 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77248 I wish I could say that I could beleive that one day the Japanese police would crack down on Yakuza-government dealings... but at the moment it doesn't seem that it will happen. Are there any politicians or police officials out here in Japan who are crusaders against organized crime like found in some other nations? I wish I could say that I could beleive that one day the Japanese police would crack down on Yakuza-government dealings… but at the moment it doesn’t seem that it will happen. Are there any politicians or police officials out here in Japan who are crusaders against organized crime like found in some other nations?

]]> by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77121 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:11:52 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/18/nagasaki-mayor-itcho-ito-shot-twice-dies-of-wounds/#comment-77121 Those were some pretty clear shots of the mayor. Anyone think this is going to in any way spur any real police action against the yakuza? Let's see some hands. . . No one? Those were some pretty clear shots of the mayor.

Anyone think this is going to in any way spur any real police action against the yakuza? Let’s see some hands. . .

No one?

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