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2007-04-18 China-Japan-Koreas

Mayor of Japanese city dies after being shot

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Posted by Fred 2007-04-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Japanese "Nationalists" are tied to the crime syndicates according to some Japanese I have heard comment in various forums.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-04-18 01:35|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2007-04-18 01:35|| Front Page Top

#2 A senior local member of the nations largest crime syndicate, and he's still pissed off about a nickel and dime auto claim from four years ago?!? This dude probably has a hot tub full of 100's that he swims in, why the hell would he still have that stuck in his craw? Sounds almost arab to me.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-04-18 08:31|| 2007-04-18 08:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Could someone remind me about those perfect Japanese gun control laws again.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2007-04-18 09:09|| 2007-04-18 09:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Was mob guy a..."loner"?

Posted by tu3031 2007-04-18 09:10|| 2007-04-18 09:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Over a decade ago when we rolled early cell systems into Japan - the customer would not let us just take down a cell for upgrade and maint. in some districts. We had to gently let the calls peter out. Why we asked?

Answer: "those are districts where the syndicate live and we can't let them have a dropped call. If they get one they will bomb our offices."

Posted by 3dc 2007-04-18 10:01|| 2007-04-18 10:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Mobsters, why do they hate us?

Posted by Perfesser 2007-04-18 10:41|| 2007-04-18 10:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Guns are strictly controlled in Japan--right? It appears that criminals disregard gun control laws. Gun control laws are a crock of shit. They don't do anything but disarm honest citizens. Rosie O'Donnell, a big advocate of gun control used armed security. So the liberal elite think it is O.K. for them to hire people who are armed but the rest of us are not smart enough or good enough to do the same. The hypocrisy of the people who espouse gun control is what is disgusting.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-04-18 11:24|| 2007-04-18 11:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Police arrested Tetsuya Shiroo, 59, a senior member of a local gang affiliated with Japan's largest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi Gumi

Odd. Usually a junior member of the gang takes the fall.

Posted by Pappy 2007-04-18 22:37|| 2007-04-18 22:37|| Front Page Top

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