Murderer of Japanese woman in Bali jailed for 20 years

"Murderer of Japanese Woman in Bali Jailed for 20 Years ›." Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion. Web. 04 May 2010. .

A court on the Indonesian resort island of Bali sentenced an Indonesian man Monday to 20 years in jail for murdering a Japanese female tourist last year. The Denpasar District Court found David Goltar Wicaksono, 26, guilty of murdering Rika Sano, 33, after sexually assaulting her in the Kuta beach area last September. Police found Sano’s half-naked body in bushes on an unattended plot of land near the famous beach last year. According to the verdict, Wicaksono first tried to rape Sano’s friend Mayumi Someya, who escaped by running away to her hotel. While Someya was away reporting the attack to police, Wicaksono went to the hotel posing as a policeman and lured Sano away to the area of the bushes, where he raped and then murdered her by beating her head with a log. He then returned to her hotel room and stole her property.

I think that this man is a coward in doing this because he has no self respect. I feel sorry for the women he raped and killed. People who do this, in my point of view should just be put away for a very long time to think about what they have done and then be put in their place.

Hibakusha, mayors hold N.Y. march

"Hibakusha, Mayors Hold N.Y. March | The Japan Times Online." 04 May 2010. Web. 04 May 2010. .

Atomic-bomb survivors and mayors, as well as members of nongovernmental organizations from around the world, held a 2-km march Sunday in New York City to seek the elimination of nuclear weapons ahead of a major nonproliferation review. Calls for a nuclear-free world were also made at other events in New York, many led by Japanese campaigners who are visiting the city to have their voices heard at the five-year U.N. Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference that starts Monday and will run through May 28. Marching from Times Square in midtown Manhattan to UN headquarters on the East River, the demonstrators led by Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue.

I think that these people marching are very courageous in standing up for what they believe in, which in many marches is the main reason. The reason for them doing this is because of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War ll. It devastated them when that happened to them and now they want to be heard so this wont happen again or so there wont be anything else to do with nuclear weapons or war. Because that is not the right solution to foreign problems. I think that people from different countries should just sit down and talk about their problems with another country, to find the right solution to anything, without having to fight about it through war.

Womb

Smart, Richard. "Up from the Underground: Womb Turns 10 | The Japan Times Online." 09 Apr. 2010. Web. 28 Apr. 2010. .


In this article they talk about how this club in Tokyo has brought dance-music culture into the mainstream. It is know as “Womb,” which has grown to become a globally respected venue. It has claimed to be the 4th best club in Tokyo, according to Britain’s DJ Magazine. Many DJ’s praise this club to being the very best. This club opened up to get different kinds of music out into the mainstream, so people could experience more different types of music. Many people enjoy going to the club for the enjoyment of the music that comes from all over the world because of different DJ’s. This has become a very popular club ever since its opening; because of its sound system, the dance floor, the people, and just the overall atmosphere of it.

I think this club is awesome from the pictures that I have seen of it. I would like to someday go to Tokyo just to go party at it. I think it has came a very long way in its making, because it seems that the club scene wouldn’t have been much without this club. I feel that the people who brought it up, did a excellent job in doing so, not just the fact of making a huge, awesome club, but because of changing the way people look at the club scene.