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Japan’s Sordid History of ‘Grudge’ Murders

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A powerful emotion in the island nation is one of the three main motives for killing, and was behind the gruesome slaughter of 15 disabled persons.

Jake Adelstein

TOKYO — Japan was rocked by a horrific mass murder in Tokyo perpetrated by a 26-year-old man, Satoshi Uematsu, a former nursing home worker who stabbed to death 19 disabled residents and injured 25 others before turning himself into the police.

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Jake Adelstein

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