This is Kanae Kijima-the so called “Black Widow of Japan”. She was sentenced to death in April of 2012 for the murder of three men in what was a very high profile trial lasting an unusual 100 days. ( Most trials in Japan are much shorter). The case was covered by all the major news outlets. It is also notable in that it is one of the first high visibility sentences that has been laid down by the new Japanese Lay Judge system-which was only adopted by Japan in 2009. Prior to that time, all trials were conducted by a panel of three judges from the Justice Ministry.
A Japanese "black widow" who killed three men after going out with them for their money has been sentenced to death.
Kanae Kijima, 37, was convicted of murdering the trio, aged 41, 53 and 80, whom she met through internet dating sites.
She was given her nickname after the black widow female spider that eats its partner after mating.
Kijima, who was a paid-for mistress in the past, killed the men by poisoning them with carbon monoxide by burning charcoal briquettes after giving them sleeping tablets.
Saitama district court heard how she had wanted to stop them from demanding back money she had taken from them over the course of brief relationships.
That she was found guilty is not suprising-Japan has a 99% conviction rate. That she was given the death penalty on evidence that was completely circumstantial is more than a little unusual. The police did not have any hard evidence connecting her to the murders. In a recent program on NHK , which we watched here in Germany-they analyzed how the Lay Judges came to their decision. Her tabloid history in the three years prior to the trial came back to haunt her.
Whatever Kijima lacked in looks-she evidently made up for in terms of sexual skill in the sack. Evidently she was something of a monster fuck-and made that clear to her lovers. She devolped a “fan club” of sorts during the trial :
Shukan Bunshun magazine, covering the trial, was struck by a bevy of "Kanae girls" in the audience. They were unabashed fans, admirers, disciples. How did this woman, 37 years old and not, by conventional standards, attractive either naturally or artificially, manage to draw into her web man after man — not just any men but rich men, men so enamored of her that they showered money on her? What did she have that less successful women lacked? Something, obviously. The fans came to learn, to observe, if possible to emulate — short of murder, hopefully. What they learned was that sexual uninhibitedness pays. Kijima's was total. Never mind my face, she seemed to say — take me as I am and you won't be sorry. Her victims were, of course, in the end, but the money they spent on her suggests at least short-term satisfaction.
As you might expect of the Tokyo Tabloids, they had a field day with Kijima’s story from the time she was arrested in 2009 and subsequently.
Shukan Jitsuwa pulls no punches in detailing her heavy-set appearance, commenting that her bra strap could be seen wedged into her back. Yet the trial has revealed some of her skillful techniques in manipulating men.
First, she would ask for financial support for the tuition at her cooking school. Then she would make an appeal to demonstrate her seriousness, such as, “I am not looking for a casual partner; I am looking for my future husband.”
“What I want to share with you are my thoughts about a physical relationship,” Kijima might continue. “I think it is natural that a man and woman engage in such without taking too much time if they find each other appealing.”
Basically, she would say she is readily available.
Through this approach, she handled Oide-san by telling him after only 10 days of being in contact: “We can go to a love hotel; I am ready to be pregnant.”
Shukan Jitsuwa presumes this to be a sales point, meaning that he could finish inside her.
Although found guilty of the three murders-she is supposedly linked to six more-which will make her chances of a successful appeal even more grim than they already are.
So much of internet dating, it would seem.
ugly girls are often better in bed. an unfortunate fact of life…
Lots of truth to that. I'd rather trade looks for an aggressive attitude in bed. And besides-no girl is ugly if she is giving you a really great blowjob!
worst blow job I ever had was pretty damn good 🙂
Skippy,
There was a story awhile back on JapanToday about this lady. It seems the main focus of the story was that some women were asking how could a woman that looked like she did get married three times, while there were supposedly more good looking Japanese women who can't find a man.
The blogger comments were interesting (of course I added my own) but what most of the superfical women here in Japan seemed to miss out on was:
1. Like it or not, it is not all about them.
2. Most men, when everything is really broken down to the simplest terms, just want to have somebody that they can fully be at ease with without the constant badgering and need to satisfy some woman's emotional needs.
3. She let the men have sex with her, and probably understood if they went out elsewhere without badgering them with needless accusations. What most women don't understand, that after some time, most men will get the "wanderlust" out of their system and settle down.
I could go on and on, and not trying to sound like an un-romantic male chauvinsit pig, but that is just the way the world runs. On the flip side, how is it that an old fart like the man who married Anna Nicole Smith or a man like Hugh Heifner can get some young lady?
Well , I submit to you if Hefner was poor- he'd be alone.
Seriously, Maurice I agree with most of your points- especially about sex. One thing I think women don't get about men is the need for just plain sex – they also have to tie it up with garbage. Hell, I'll do just about any thing if I am getting sucked and fucked on a regular basis. That's why it was so great before I met the S.O- I was getting laid about 4 times a week ( by different girls) and was really happy.
Skippy,
You are correct to a point with Hefner. If he were poor, he wouldn't have the "good looking" women with him. But if he were poor and pulling in a Social Security check, he would have company. My grandfather was the same way. Old man in his 80's but had a girlfriend who was in her 60's. He was getting a SS check and a retirement from his job. He always had women around him.
No matter what people say around the world about bashing the USA and how bad it is. Riddle me this, what would any poor Thai, Filipina, Chinese, Mexican (you get my point) woman rather do:
A) Stay in their home country and bash the evil USA and marry a local guy and be poor;
B) Marry an old geezer in the USA on SS knowing that it's just a waiting game until time is not on his side.
You would be wise to bet on B.
True-and thanks to the internet there are literally hundreds of available women out there to meet. The problem for the man is-keeping the plumbing working. Otherwise-all you have a is a high maintenance roomate. I've already got one of those. 😉
Skippy, don't know if gramps plumbing worked, all I know is he always had women around him. The phenomena is not just limited to the US. One of my in-laws is the same. Instead of a Filipina, he was married to a Chinese woman and from what I heard it was not well received. She played him for the money. But he never married a JN.
I would say to the JN women who don't see how this person managed to keep getting men is that they need to follow her footsteps, and get off the high horse and treat a person the way they want to be treated and they may just come out ahead.
But the thing I have noticed after manu LONG years of living with a JN-is that, for the most part, the wants of the man are secondary. They will give it to them if they think its helps them get what they want-but in the end, it always about them.
You are right though-no matter what nationality, if women would stop being so stingy about sex-we would all be better off.
on the crime front: "People who Eat darkness"
and the woefull incompetence of the Japanese police.