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with the energy as costumed residents
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celebrated Halloween in all of its
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colorful spirited Glory a city already
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known for its Vibrance had clearly
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outdone itself as everything from
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playful to macabra was brightly paraded
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into the night but amidst the laughter
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and festivities a haunting figure
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emerged the later so-called Tokyo Joker
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moved like a phantom through the
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bustling streets quietly looking for the
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ultimate place to strike what many
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didn't know is that although this man
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blended into the background he had
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dressed like the Joker to adopt his
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personality a psychopath with no regard
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or empathy for his victims and as the
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Clock Struck 8:00 p.m. on that fateful
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evening festivities would turn into an
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unforgettable Halloween Horror but who
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was the man behind the Tokyo Joker why
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had he set out on a violent war path and
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how many victims would he
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Deep dive this is the case of the Tokyo
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Joker Welcome to Tokyo Japan now we've
Halloween in Tokyo, Japan
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been here several times before already
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and there's a very good reason for that
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Japan is well known for its incredibly
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respectful and polite population but
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when the going gets tough and True Crime
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happens every case seems to be a little
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batshit crazy our story today takes us
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to the heart of Japan Tokyo this Mega
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city is home to more than 10% of Japan's
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population with 38 million people
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residing within its own Urban boundaries
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interesting fact here but Tokyo is the
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world's largest city and it holds this
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title by more than 5 million people so I
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wouldn't expect that to change anytime
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soon unless Delhi has something to say
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about that as you can guess this makes
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for an extremely dense population with
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hundreds of skyscrapers filled to the
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brim with compact Apartments to cater
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for this extremely high demand and with
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many people moving to the city for work
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and commuting into the central districts
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daily the streets are often overcrowded
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and more notably the trains and although
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Tokyo has one of the most extensive and
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efficient Metro systems in the world
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they do still suffer from massive
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overcrowding during peak times but hey
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working for a Japanese business is a
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significant part of day-to-day life here
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and furthermore all Japanese people take
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it extremely seriously people often work
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an ungodly number of hours into the
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night here to keep their boss happy and
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this 60h hour per week work life balance
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often leads to mental health issues that
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could lead to stroke heart attack and
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even taking your own life in fact this
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situation is so common that the Japanese
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have created a term for this cause of
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death which is known as kosi that's not
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the only challenge that Japan's Society
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recognizes either they also have a
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vastly aging population with far fewer
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babies born than in previous decades I
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mean just look at this population tree
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now there are several contributing
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factors here you see the Japanese have
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always had a very traditional view of
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marriage with the family wife staying at
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home to look after the children while
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the husband goes on long days of work to
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support the family financially but much
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like the rest of the world culture in
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Japan is forever shifting and women are
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becoming more career-driven which is
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great by the way but it's causing some
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rather strange societal changes many
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young people are now opting to move into
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the cities causing an accommodation
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crisis in urban areas meanwhile rural
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areas are becoming ghost towns there
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also seems to be a huge drop off in
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pregnancies and childb births which is
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rather concerning strangely enough when
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I traveled to Japan in 2019 I saw many
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stores that I thought were for babies
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they had many things like prams clothing
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and outfits that sort of cute stuff but
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after a closer look I realized they were
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actually for dogs and puppies instead
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which I thought was kind of strange now
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you may be wondering why I'm rambling
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about Japan here but I promise that both
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of these things are very important for
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today's case many of the cases that are
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cover from this country tend to stem
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from a lack of love work or fulfillment
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often leaving people feeling like a
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failure and while the main man of our
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story today did have a relatively happy
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life all of that would suddenly fall
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apart and he would react in the most
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terrific and deranged ways
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possible October 31st 2021 Halloween in
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Tokyo is a rather crazy Affair
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especially in central districts such as
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shabuya and Shinjuku hordes of crowds
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Gather in costume for nights of partying
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drink and festivities soaking in the
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festive atmosphere and the welcoming
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Cool Breeze after the summer now
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Japanese culture typically is quite
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reserved but if you ever find yourself
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in the bustling crowds of shabuya on
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Halloween you will quickly realize that
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there are exceptions and with public
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drinking not illegal in Japan things can
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get pretty Rowdy here when it comes to
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festivities this nation does them
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exceptionally well and Tokyo in
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particular is an incredible place to be
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over Halloween I mean just look at some
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of these cost for example however
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Halloween in Japan is not just an
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imitation of the American version first
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of all there is no trick- or treating
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here and secondly as it's a new
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phenomenon people don't really care
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about most of the Traditions which are
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important elsewhere from Ronald McDonald
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to murderous Maids demonic Pikachu to
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terrifying clowns Tokyo has you covered
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back to today's case alongside Tokyo's
October 31st, 2021
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busy areas many Transport Systems and
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links run towards the city center and
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one of those lines is the KO line a vast
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Railway Network connecting all over
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Tokyo most notably to Shinjuku and
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chibuya and it's on this bustling line
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on this very busy evening at around 8:00
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p.m. of Halloween that a terrifying
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situation broke out on the slow train
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towards Shinjuku you see being Halloween
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it's not uncommon to see those in
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costume while riding the city's many
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trains but our Focus today is on one
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person in particular a man cosplaying as
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what can only be described as the Joker
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from the Batman
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Universe wearing a dark purple suit and
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a green shirt he decided to foro the
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makeup this time but at 8:00 p.m. that
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evening while the train was mostly full
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of cusers and partygoers things would
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take a dramatic turn after casually
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sitting on the train the purple suited
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man sprung out of his seat and after
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pulling out a bottle of pesticide from
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his pocket he sprayed the old man
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sitting beside him in the face and
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amongst the screams the Tokyo jok
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revealed a large knife from his jacket
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after plunging the knife into the man's
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chest he turned his attention to the
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rest of the Train the incident happened
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so fast that the other passengers had no
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time to process what they were
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witnessing with some even believing it
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might just be a Halloween stunt but
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after the so-called Tokyo Joker started
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waving the knife around they realized
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that this was indeed no prank passengers
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began to flee but a few seconds later
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the Joker sprinted along the train to
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the next car filled with passengers
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standing in front of his new audience
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the man then took out a plastic bottle
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and began to pour liquid all over the
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carriage with some getting on passengers
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and the smell of the fluid was
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immediately recognizable lighter fluid
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passengers swiftly evacuated the
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carriage and ran down the train length
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to escape the deranged man and
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thankfully most of them made it out of
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that Carriage before the Joker pulled
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out a match and you can tell exactly
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where this is going he then lited the
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carriage of Blaze with his new self-made
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chaos igniting around himself
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thankfully the train was in the right
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location to make an emergency stop just
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after the fire broke out and those in
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the carriages could clamber out of any
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open window to safety The Joker
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allegedly orchestrated all of this
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without showing any emotion whatsoever
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and Witnesses claim that his face was
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dead panned the entire time without
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showing any signs of
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anger luckily most passengers could
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escape the train While others barricaded
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the man to a single Carriage where much
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like the rest of his attack he seemed to
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accept emotionlessly in fact after
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finding himself alone in the carriage he
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calmly lit a cigarette and then sat down
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on one of the chairs very obviously
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accepting his fate Emergency Services
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were contacted with the police ambulance
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and fire Services responding within a
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matter of minutes and thankfully both
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the salent and the fire were apprehended
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due to the sheer number of people who
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witnessed this event the news spread
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like wildfire with media swarming to the
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station and I think every everybody had
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the same questions here how many people
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were hurt who was this craz killer what
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was his motive and why on Earth was he
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dressed as the Joker the so-called Tokyo
Kyota Hattori
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Joker was quickly identified as
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24-year-old kyota hatori and soon after
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his name was released to the public
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rumors about kyota promptly began to
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spread these rumors included his family
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allegedly abandoning him when he was a
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child that he grew up in an orphanage
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and even that his father was part of the
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Yakuza however through my research most
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of these claims were simply rumors and
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nothing else in fact CA had actually
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grown up in Fukuoka a large town on the
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southwestern island of kushu his mother
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and father were in the picture and at
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least to begin with he had a relatively
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normal and peaceful upbringing sadly
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though when he was just a child his
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parents would divorce and so Kota ended
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up living with his mother and younger
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sister in an apartment just outside of
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the city while here their neighbors even
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described Kota as a good kid who behaved
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himself and never got into trouble in
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fact they were rather surprised when
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they learned that he was responsible for
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the kooline train fire although the
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rumors say otherwise Kota remained a
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quiet yet normal kid and graduated
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Elementary and high school with average
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grades though he would later claim that
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he didn't have many friends while at
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school koto's main interests were quite
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typical for a teenager including video
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games manga anime and American comic
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books which became quite evident through
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his chosen outfit following high school
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he carried on living with his mother and
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eventually secured a job at a manga and
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Comic Cafe where his interests clearly
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came in handy however while working
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there a customer accused him of voyerism
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which is another prevalent crime in
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Japan interesting side note but in Japan
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almost all mobile phones come with a
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mandatory recognizable shutter sound to
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stop any unsolicited images being taken
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we don't quite know the details but in
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the year 2017 he was arrested for this
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crime and although the charges would
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eventually be dropped he did opt into
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community service and was fired from his
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job however this did not stop the now
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18-year-old kyota from finding his next
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job and after a few weeks of searching
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he started his new job as a sales
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representative for a large mobile phone
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company based in Fukuoka it's evident
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that although kyota was a rather strange
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character he was charismatic and
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displayed no relevant warning signs to
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colleagues and he was known around the
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office as an intelligent polite and
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always taking his job very seriously
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kot's love life seemed to be rather
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fruitful for a while too and from 2017
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through to 2021 he maintained a happy
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relationship with his girlfriend they
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often posted cute pictures on social
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media and it was apparent that Kyoto was
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smitten sadly though things would begin
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to fall apart after 4 years together and
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in 2021 his relationship and career
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would come to an abrupt end both of
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these things came against his own
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valtion and each was seen as a tragedy
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in his mind it left Kyoto feeling lonely
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depressed and broken with the sudden
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collapse of his commitments Kota did not
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see any point in staying in fukuoku
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anymore as a result and likely in an
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effort to find himself he decided to
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travel the country passing through coob
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and ngoya before finally finding himself
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in Tokyo in September 2021 unfortunately
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Kyoto didn't find any comfort through
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his journey and with his mental health
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deteriorating he was beginning to
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develop some very destructive ideas now
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we've already covered a few cases
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similar to this ones where desperate
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people wish to cause as much pain and
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Devastation as possible to compensate
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for their own and sadly Kota was no
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different to the others after losing his
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girlfriend and his job distancing
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himself from his family and moving into
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unfamiliar territory the young man began
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to spiral into a ruthless depression and
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this would lead him on a path to some
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rather dark
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thoughts
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needless to say but anyone going through
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a difficult change will feel a range of
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emotions throughout their Journey now
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some of you will know about the seven
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stages of grief but this is better
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technically known as the kuer Ross model
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this model has helped me through some
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rather challenging moments in my past I
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guess because it's offered some sort of
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explanation to my feelings and personal
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opinion but I think it's worth everyone
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knowing about this in case it helps you
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too kyota seemed to be flip-flopping
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through the three middle stages
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including frustration depression and
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experimentation for example that
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experimentation was traveling around
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Japan but sadly it seems that eventually
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he got stuck on both frustration and
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depression and so after a month of
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loneliness in Tokyo he slipped into a
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rather unhealthy habit of cheap hotels
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chain smoking and binge drinking the
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depression continued his dark thoughts
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escalated and finally Cota decided that
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he wanted to end his life but the way in
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which he wanted to die was rather
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strange
Kyota's path
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at 5:00 p.m. on Halloween 2021 Kota left
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his hotel room and wandered the busy
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streets of Tokyo he began by surveying
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the busy crowds and locations looking
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for a suitable area to carry out his
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Grievous plans with a scramble Crossing
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filled with crowds of people ready for a
15:47
festive night shabuya seemed like the
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shamefully perfect place a Russian
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tourist accidentally captured a still
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image of Kyoto wandering the busy
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streets of shabuya the recording proves
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that if he wanted to he could have
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caused a severe amount of Devastation
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here but Kyoto decided that this
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location would not work for him he
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realized that the best place would be
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somewhere that people could not run
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making a train the perfect location to
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be and so following his reconnaissance
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around shabuya kyota returned to shabuya
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station barded the KO line and headed
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towards kokuro station and as we know
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this is where he proceeded to carry out
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his deplorable attack one's passengers
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had dispersed and he was left alone in
16:29
the carriage kyota sat down lit a
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cigarette and waited for the authorities
16:33
to apprehend him these images showing
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his chilling calmness in front of a
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chaotic
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scene now at first it wasn't obvious how
Aftermath, legal proceedings
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many people were injured or had perhaps
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Fallen victim to kota's actions but
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thankfully nobody was actually killed in
16:49
this attack thanks to a rapid response
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from the train driver Witnesses police
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and paramedics kota's window of
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opportunity was severely shortened and
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thanks thankfully his plans were so
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scattered and his fire making skills
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were so to begin with that he was
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not much of an efficient killer now
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there was one man with severe injuries
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but he would eventually go on to make a
17:09
full recovery otherwise there were 17
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people with minor injuries and that was
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about it after giving himself up kyota
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was surprisingly eager to talk to the
17:20
police he would go on to claim that his
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attack was inspired by one that happened
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only 1 month prior in Tokyo which was
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conducted by Yuki sushima on August the
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6th 2021 thankfully though no deaths
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occurred from that event either Kyoto
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would also claim that he was inspired by
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seene from The Joker movie further
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stating that he wanted to dress as the
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villain to commit to his role he would
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also claim that he adored The Joker
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which is kind of a red flag too as for
17:46
his motive he happily told the
17:48
authorities that he had grown depressed
17:50
and enraged after hearing that his
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previous girlfriend had married someone
17:54
else just 6 months after the breakup and
17:57
this in addition to his employer letting
17:59
him go made him feel useless and filled
18:01
with shame because as we know the
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Japanese take great pride in their
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careers and with his friends slowly
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growing apart from him he didn't see any
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positive aspects to his life anymore
18:12
having attempted to take his own life
18:13
twice before he decided that the only
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sure way to end it was to receive the
18:18
death penalty knowing that he had to
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kill at least two other people to
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qualify for such a punishment so the
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fact that he killed no one put him in a
18:27
rather unfortunate predicament
18:29
and although one man was critically
18:30
injured he himself would go on to fully
18:33
recover following his arrest kyota
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underwent 3 months of extensive
18:36
psychological testing of course this was
18:39
to determine whether he was of sound
18:40
mind and could be held accountable in
18:42
court it was ultimately concluded that
18:45
he was aware of his actions and the
18:47
consequences that followed and that
18:49
furthermore he had been planning this
18:51
attack for months unfortunate name aside
18:53
the ruling judge named UT takash shetta
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said that the attack was an
18:57
indiscriminate crime crime with a
18:58
selfish motive that targeted any
19:01
passengers that just happened to be on
19:03
that train psychologists concluded that
19:05
kyota committed to his role as the Joker
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to take on the character's attitude that
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being one that held no value to human
19:12
life as with many things in Japan Court
19:15
proceedings were fast and efficient and
19:17
so on June the 26th 2023 kyota hattori's
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trial officially began after being
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charged with attempted murder
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prosecutors sought a sentence of 25
19:26
years which in retros ECT was far from
19:29
his aspirations of receiving the death
19:31
penalty the prosecution highlighted that
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the attack was purely premeditated and
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that Kota had even gone as far to select
19:38
an Express train that made fewer stops
19:40
so his victims couldn't escape as easily
19:42
however kota's defense lawers argued for
19:44
a much shorter sentence of 12 Years
19:47
claiming that most passengers were far
19:49
away from the man when he set the fire
19:51
therefore indicating that he had not
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tried to murder multiple people his
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defense team would ultimately come up
19:56
short though and on July the 1 31st 2023
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kyota hatori was found guilty of
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multiple accounts of attempted murder as
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a result he received a sentence of 23
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years behind
Concluding
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bars unfortunately knife attacks in
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Japan are not uncommon and with one
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happening not even 2 months prior it is
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part of a seemingly broader epidemic
20:18
that the country is currently facing
20:20
Japan has rigorous gun control and even
20:22
police officers can't carry them without
20:24
extensive checks and regulations as a
20:27
result of these common attacks on trains
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line operators have installed extra
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security measures including ensuring
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that every train is fitted with security
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cameras addressing kyota judge takash
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said during the sentence you must think
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about the incident the victims and
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return to society in the future and
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don't forget that even if life is hard
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you must live to make up for it and
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after hearing the judge's speech Kota
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could only reply with a weak yes some of
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his victims participated in the hearing
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speaking of how they have been trauma
20:58
ized by the events and even avoid riding
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the trains to this day many people now
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live with post-traumatic stress disorder
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from the terrible
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experience despite the intention always
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being there this is one of the rare
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cases I've covered where no lives were
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actually lost and considering the other
21:15
similar cases of covered in Japan it is
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quite a miracle and who knows maybe once
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we introduced into society kyota hatori
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can live a happy and fulfilled life
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without harming others anyway folks I
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think that pretty much covers our case
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today thank you so much for watching and
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I really hope you enjoyed this Halloween
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special before you go though as always I
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want to know what you think about this
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case do you think there was a miracle
21:37
that no one actually died a quick shout
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yeah that is pretty much it folks thank
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you again for watching and as always
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I'll see you again very soon for another
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one until that moment arrives though
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remember to look after yourself look
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after each other and of course stay safe
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happy Halloween
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goodbye
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