Top 3 Kidnappings (Notes from Under the Tatami Mats–23 … My Adventures in Japan)

“Those sickos seem more deranged than your typical psychopath in any other country.”

Nothing to see here. Hmmm, what's that!?

On the surface, Japan is a very safe, pleasant place to live. However, just under the veneer of safety and security (or just behind the door, or maybe just under the tatami mats), things are not always so fine.

While your typical Japanese person is easy to deal with and relatively trustworthy, that is not the case with the psychopaths and sociopaths. In fact, those Japanese sickos often seem more deranged and twisted than your typical psychopath in other developed countries. Particularly the two sickos mentioned in #3 and #1 above. And there are more like them. More than a few, actually.     _{(Image source)}

May we have our citizens back? Please. 

At different times over the past few decades, North Korea had furtively abducted several average Japanese citizens from the beaches and other coastal areas along the Sea of Japan (aka, the Korean East Sea), in order to help the North Koreans in spying on Japan. The issue of the missing people remained a mystery for years. When the facts of the kidnappings finally came to light, the Japanese gov’t actually debated whether they should request that the abductees be allowed to return.   

Interestingly, some of the surviving abductees preferred to stay in North Korea, where they had decent lives and decent standards of living.        _{(Image source)}    

   Introduction to – “Notes from Under the Tatami Mats”  _{(right-click on title)}

Top 3 Crimes against Humanity Suffered by the Japanese

Top 4 Crimes against Humanity Inflicted by the Japanese

Top 4 Reasons for Japanese to Commit Suicide

... and more

Links to my Other Series …

      Introduction – "Intro to Vocab-ability"   _{(right-click on title)}
      Guide – "Guide to Entries"   _{(right-click on title)}
      Index– "Index" to all Chapters and Sections   _{(right-click on title)}

      Lou Reed – "Anthology of Memorable Lyrics, Part 1"   _{(right-click on title)}
      Lou Reed – "Anthology of Memorable Lyrics, Part 2"   _{(right-click on title)}

_{Images sourced from Google Images, unless otherwise indicated or unless my own.}