Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:

> I saw this in the paper:
>
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030712wo22.htm
>
> and I can't think of any other reason for them to bring it up, and if
> so, it doesn't seem like very good timing to me to make that sort of
> statement.

I haven't heard anything in the TV reports. While the identity of the boy
has not been and will not be made public, I suspect the media would have
been quick to start hinting at any "non-Japanese" slant on the story if
there had been one.

-- 
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan