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Woman arrested in Japan for sewing shut housemate's lips (www.rte.ie)
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The 42-year-old female victim escaped the house in the city of Koga, rushed to a nearby shop and held up a piece of paper that read "please help me", Makoto Hiyama, a senior local police official, said.

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[–] 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I'm confused too. It's not exactly an immediate process. How does any of that not result in getting an elbow to your eye socket?

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  • [–] 66 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It's difficult to explain to a gaijin ("foreigner"), but that would go against the deeply-held Japanese concept of kirikoru-ru, which translates roughly to "the idea of not elbowing someone in the eye after they've sewn your mouth shut."

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