[Ghoulish Delight]

Ignoring the gory details, it's an interesting article. There apparently have been several similarly grizzly murders (largely of family members) that have been high profile in the Japanese media. There seems to be some concern that this sort of thing, and violent crime in general, is on the rise, possibly linked to economic woes and a change in social attitudes. Japan is pretty densely populated in parts and has managed to main relatively free from widespread violence of this sort. If there really is a trend in that direction, it could get pretty ugly.