"The Okegawa Stalker Murder Case" Author: [Japanese] Kiyoshi Shimizu Translator: Wang Huamao Publisher: Sichuan People's Publishing House Douban Books Top 250

The homicide case that prompted the introduction of the anti-stalking bill!

Who killed a girl three times?

Investigative reporter tracks the entire process and exposes the structural evils of Japan's bureaucracy

A masterpiece at the pinnacle of Japanese non-fiction literature, winner of the Japan Journalists Conference Award

◎Editor's Recommendation

"My daughter was murdered three times."

The first time was a criminal,

The second time was the police's negligence in investigating.

The third time was the media that damaged her reputation.

The ex-boyfriend stalked, harassed, and hired someone to kill her + the police turned a blind eye + the media reported the stigmatization, and the innocent victim was pushed into the abyss again and again.

Women who have suffered harassment, violence and death threats have preserved evidence and desperately sought help, but why has no one heard them?

Why would a "third-rate" journalist, who has been looked down upon, stand up, stand against public power, and expose one lie after another from the police?

■ Investigative reporter Qing Shuijie followed the entire process, reporting with a “human” conscience, and conveying the true voice of the victim. He found the perpetrators before the police, and exposed the “accomplice” structure of the police and official media who ignored facts and manipulated public opinion.

■ Ten photos restore the investigation process and directly capture the arrest scene.

■ This work won the "Japan Journalists Conference (JCJ) Grand Prize" and the "Editor's Choice Magazine Report Award" and is hailed as a "textbook for journalists" and the "pyramid of Japanese non-fiction literature."

■ This case prompted the introduction of Japan's "Law on the Regulation of Stalking and Harassment Behavior."

◎Introduction

On October 26, 1999, a young woman named Shiori Ino was stabbed to death in front of JR Okegawa Station in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

The victim had reported the case to the police many times due to long-term stalking and harassment, but the police ignored it and ultimately failed to prevent the tragedy. In the process of investigating this incident, reporter Qing Shuijie followed the guidance of the "last words" left by the victim before his death, visited many parties to verify, and found the perpetrator in the case of the police ignoring clues and failing to investigate, and then exposed the police's indifference and perfunctory response to the victim's report before his death, as well as the attempt to discredit the victim and cover up the fact of dereliction of duty after the incident.

This case caused a strong social response and prompted the introduction of Japan's "Stalking and Harassment Behavior Regulation Act."

This book is a complete record of the event.

◎Media Comments

In addition to allowing us to re-examine the institutional nature of public power and the ability of the media to make things happen, this book also reveals the following meaning: everyone can be the cause of social evil, but everyone can also make choices, choose not to contribute to social evil, and even contribute part of their own efforts to achieve good.

——2019 Taiwan OPENBOOK Annual Book Recommendation

Mr. Shimizu is a famous journalist who has interviewed and reported on major cases such as the "Okegawa stalker murder case" and the "Ashikaga incident", and has released many exclusive features that overturned the conclusions of the police and prosecutors' investigations.

——Shiori Ito's comments on Kiyoshi Shimizu in "Black Box"

In this way, Kiyoshi Shimizu revealed the inside story that the police absolutely did not want others to know. Of course, he was definitely not in time to rescue the victim, but he fulfilled his most important responsibility as an investigative reporter. He did not give up revealing the facts that the police did not want the public to know. This book is worth reading and thinking about.

——"Yang Zhao Reading"

It is really wonderful that Shimizu, a reporter who started his activities in response to the "last words" of the victim, finally forced both the criminals and the police into a desperate situation with his even "foolish" obsession. I think this is the spirit of a reporter, and this is justice. I don't often use words like "touching" and "justice" (but I did this time), so my thoughts on this book should be trusted by everyone.

——Roshi Seki, Professor at Meiji University School of Law

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