I seem to have talked about nothing but gloomy things in my recent posts. So I wish I could tell you something happy and cheerful, but I have to tell you that more sinister events have taken place in this city.
1. Another victim in Ohori Park.
A 61-year-old man was found floating dead in the pond near the Noh Theatre in Ohori Park yesterday morning.
The park also saw a dead man floating the pond five years ago. In the previous case, a former local celebrity banker was found floating in the pond, which was relatively quickly ruled an accident. But in this case the cause of death hasn't been determined. The authorities seem to have become more careful in recent years.
2. Same place, same accident
A runaway car crashed into the same building where an elderly couple's car crashed into three years ago. While in the first case more than ten people were killed and injured, including the driver and his wife who died on the spot, this time no one was killed but three people were injured, including a 73-year-old drive.
These two incidents have several things in common: 1) both involve an old or relatively old man, 2) in both cases similar or identical incidents occurred recently, 3) NHK's local 6 o'clock news didn't report either news (but its website did), and 4) no preventative measures were taken after the previous incidents until these very accidents happened.
If the victim had been a child or teenager, or even in their twenties or thirties, the local government would have made a big fuss and done something showy (but useless in the real world) like putting up CCTV cameras or fences around the pond in the park, or making the road uneven to confuse drivers.
Am I wrong in thinking that the authorities don't care if old people die that could have been prevented with a bit of care, maybe a handbreadth of the budget spent to attract foreign tourists or young "entrepreneurs" or Myanmar elephants to the zoo?
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