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Man arrested for strangling wife in Mie

Monday, March 17, 2008 at 11:18 EST

MIE — Police on Sunday arrested a man for strangling his wife inside a car in Yokkaichi City, after arguing over their divorce. The suspect took his wife to hospital but she died about one hour later.


Toru Ueda, 20, was arrested for allegedly strangling his wife, Aya, 18, around 2 a.m. According to police, the suspect called his mother, 40, saying he had killed his wife, and the mother called police, while he drove his wife to hospital. The couple married in November, 2006, and have been discussing a divorce since this month, their family said.



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Man arrested for strangling wife in Mie
romulus3 Click here to see all messages by romulus3 Click here to see member profile (Mar 17 2008 - 12:06)Rate | Report
man, just sign the paper and walk. They married when she was 16 or 17. too young. must have been a shotgun wedding or something. 20 years old and he destroyed his life for nothing. I give him credit for trying to save her and taking responsibility instead of dumping her body and denying it but once again an emtionally retarded couple fall through the cracks of society with no safety net to catch them.
 
Man arrested for strangling wife in Mie
lipscombe Click here to see all messages by lipscombe Click here to see member profile (Mar 17 2008 - 12:34)Rate | Report
there are few adults in japan
 
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dennis_bauer Click here to see all messages by dennis_bauer Click here to see member profile (Mar 17 2008 - 13:15)Rate | Report
and they want to lower the age of becoming an adult? although he needs to tried as one.
 
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spidey Click here to see all messages by spidey Click here to see member profile (Mar 17 2008 - 13:45)Rate | Report
Chalk another one up to emotional ineptitude at a societal level. Japanese just don't have the emotional skills necessary to deal with things like rejection and hopelessness. These social and emotional skills are never taught to them as children thus leaving them unskilled and inexperienced as adults. The blind leading the blind as it were.

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Zorro Click here to see all messages by Zorro Click here to see member profile (Mar 17 2008 - 17:01)Rate | Report
and they want to lower the age of becoming an adult?


Last I checked most men strangling their wives and GFs seemed to significantly older. This one case does make nor prove a social trend.

In fact, I believe that having serious relationships later is more likely to cause a disconnect between genders that leads to this sort of thing.
 
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Zorro Click here to see all messages by Zorro Click here to see member profile (Mar 17 2008 - 17:09)Rate | Report
Japanese just don't have the emotional skills necessary to deal with things like rejection and hopelessness.


Hardly a Japanese trait. I would say that such people exist in number anywhere. But the Japanese ones tend to lash out less than their western counterparts. Murder re

Every culture has their own brand of social ineptitude. Its just harder to see one's own.
 
Man arrested for strangling wife in Mie
kurogane Click here to see all messages by kurogane Click here to see member profile (Mar 17 2008 - 20:34)Rate | Report
>>>>Every culture has their own brand of social ineptitude. Its just harder to see one's own.<<<<<<

Judging by much of the commentary above, blindness is the rule not the exception.
 
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nycsamurai Click here to see all messages by nycsamurai Click here to see member profile (Mar 17 2008 - 23:40)Rate | Report
Just wondering what the significance is of stating where he strangled her.
Do the penalties differ in Japan depending on where you kill someone?
 
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Zorro Click here to see all messages by Zorro Click here to see member profile (Mar 18 2008 - 08:30)Rate | Report
Dont look in a gift horse's mouth. The detail hurts no one. Be thankful for more details rather than less. We get few enough as it is. Further, details that seem meaningless at first can take on a whole new significance as other details come to light.
 
jeesh
tkyosam Click here to see all messages by tkyosam Click here to see member profile (Mar 18 2008 - 09:43)Rate | Report
This is just sad, like wow...
 
"Toru Ueda, 20... his wife Aya, 18"
Sarge Click here to see all messages by Sarge Click here to see member profile (Mar 18 2008 - 21:26)Rate | Report
"The couple married in November 2006"

So he was 18 and she was 16 when they married. Agree with romulus3 - too young.
 
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Seeker Click here to see all messages by Seeker Click here to see member profile (Mar 18 2008 - 23:01)Rate | Report
You people have no empathy nor sympathy. She obviously was his first love, so such a response was to be expected. Were none of you ever that young ?!
 
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nycsamurai Click here to see all messages by nycsamurai Click here to see member profile (Mar 18 2008 - 23:45)Rate | Report
My comment was meant somewhat as antagonistic sarcasm, but you're probably right. We rarely get the full story up front.

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