Last week Japan’s uninspiring prime minster, Yoshihide Suga, surprised nobody by announcing that he would not seek reelection by his party at the end of the month. Suga’s lackluster career as PM began about one year ago, when Shinzo Abe resigned due to his terrible IBS, and Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party needed a place …
Since it seems I have started up this Mommy Blog for the express purpose of contemplating cold-blooded murder, why not continue where I left off. Something dawned on me just now, scrolling through articles in Japanese about the murder of Kana Washino, studying the faces of the victim and her killers instead of doing the …
Kana Washino, the high school senior who was murdered last week by a twitter acquaintance and his jealous wife, was a very talented illustrator. Here is a better view of the banner she drew for her twitter profile. So am I the only one who thinks this illustration resembles a love triangle? For the record, …
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A girl in my ward was murdered this week, if girl is the proper word to describe an 18-year-old high school senior. Looking at her school picture though, I would have to say so. Kana Washino was reported missing on Saturday evening. Her body was found Tuesday morning, stabbed in the back and strangled inside …