School killings shake Japan's sense of safety.

Authors :: Harris, Sara
Source :: Christian Science Monitor. 6/12/2001, Vol. 93 Issue 138, p7. 0p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Focuses on murders committed by Mamoru Takuma, a mentally unstable man, at an elite elementary school in Osaka, Japan. View of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that changes should be made in nation's penal code; Legal provision which allows forced hospitalization of mentally ill criminals; Criticism of treatment of violent mentally ill patients in Japan; Outlook for school safety in Japan.