On Feb 19, 12:57 pm, anthropologist_of_ja...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Feb 7, 8:01 pm, Jim <eternal_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > So, the story was suppressed?  Doesn't surprise me.
>
> A story like this would definitely be suppressed because it gives
> chivalry -- an act that Japan really honors and cherishes-- a bad
> name. Chivalry lead to the death of a teenage girl. This brings lots
> of shame to Japanese chivalry. So to prevent any associations with
> chivalry and the trauma of the 15-year-old girl, this story had to be
> suppressed -- so it was.
>
> Chivalry is something that is seen as protecting and respecting girls,
> not hurting them. Japan wanted to keep that popular image of chivalry.


Or, alternatively, the story was suppressed because the Japanese
public:

A. Didn't care about the boy or how savagely he was abused

OR

B. Felt that the boy deserved what he got and was glad about how he
was "punished"