a. Write one English diary entry (日記を書く）
b. Correct one Japanese entry. (from あなたの添削を待っている最新日記）
2. Anki (151-160)
3. Japan Times Summary and Comments
4. Homework
Article 1
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — The mother of Yoshihiro Hattori, the Japanese exchange student who was accidentally shot dead in Baton Rouge just over 20 years ago, recently attended a gun control meeting in the city to appeal for the removal of firearms from U.S. homes.
The United States should work toward creating a society in which people do not feel the need to possess guns for self-defense, said Mieko Hattori, 64. Hattori's 16-year-old son was gunned down on Oct. 17, 1992, by a local resident when he mistakenly walked up to the man's house in search of a Halloween party.
Mieko addressed the meeting after a documentary film about the incident was screened.
Mieko said she and her husband, Masaichi, 65, have been pushing for stricter gun control measures in the United States in the hope that their son will not have died in vain. But she also said she's shocked by how the situation surrounding gun control has changed.
She was referring to the fact that more than 30 U.S. states have adopted so-called stand-your-ground laws, which allow people to use deadly force in self-defense when there is reasonable belief of an unlawful threat.
Article 2
YOKOHAMA — The Kanagawa Prefectural Police apologized Saturday to a 19-year-old youth for his wrongful arrest over a threatening message sent from his PC to the website of the Yokohama Municipal Government, admitting their investigation had been insufficient.
After visiting the teen's home, Takashi Fukui, head of the Hodogaya Police Station, told reporters he offered apologies to him and his parents. Fukui, who headed the investigation, said the family made requests concerning the investigation but was asked not to reveal any details of their discussion.
The charges against the youth were dropped after police began to suspect that his personal computer had been infected with a virus that enabled a third party to remotely operate it and send out the menacing message. Fukui said the youth, whose name has been withheld, was visibly angry about his arrest.
A senior official of the Yokohama District Public Prosecutor's Office also stopped by the youth's home later to apologize for the incident.
The Hodogaya Police Station was put in charge of examining the message in question, which claimed an elementary school within the jurisdiction of the police station would be attacked.Article 3
FUKUOKA — A knife-wielding attacker injured six men at JR Hakata Station in the city of Fukuoka early Saturday morning, causing five to be taken to a hospital, firefighters said, noting their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
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| Rail scene investigation: Police probe a series of stabbings Saturday at JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka. KYODO |
The Fukuoka Prefectural Police subdued and arrested Kimitaka Nakano, 26, on suspicion of breaking the Sword and Firearm Control Law after he allegedly attacked six men at the station using a kitchen knife with a 17-cm blade.
Three of the five hospitalized victims are in their 30s, while one is in his 20s and the other in his 40s, the Fukuoka Municipal Fire Department said.
The police believe Nakano, a Fukuoka resident, did not know any of the victims. They quoted Nakano as saying he "wanted to stab people."
"The man had a knife in his right hand. A police officer knocked it out of his hand and subdued him," a 42-year-old taxi driver who witnessed the incident in Hakata Ward said.
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