Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:

> I must admit to reservations about the author (a gaijin scholar working in a
> Japanese university) since he parrots the language of Japanese "scholars,"
> who call it an "incident" instead of a "rape".

But that's simply the Japanese use of the word "jiken". While not
unambiguous, it does NOT imply a trivial matter. They use it to describe
(eg) the Sarin Gas attacks in Tokyou, and assuredly they do not think
lightly of the "Sarin Jiken".

Mike