Dead Imperial Guard
September 28th, 2006 by some dudeThe Mainichi Daily News (translated: The Every Day Daily News) reports an Imperial Guard for the Japanese royal family shot himself in the palace.
An Imperial Guard officer was found dead Thursday in the grounds of the Tokyo palace where Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako live, in an apparent suicide, a spokesman for the guards said.
The lifeless body of the 19-year-old officer was found in a bathroom at Akasaka Palace with a gunshot wound to his head, said Imperial Guard spokesman Mitsuo Koibuchi.
All those American otaku out there must be ripping their hair out. That’s gotta be their dream job. You get to live out a Star Wars fantasy and be Japanese all at the same time.
This is us meeting the royal family a couple years ago at New Years. They’re there. In the middle of the building. Behind the glass. The Emperor even spoke to us. Anyone who looked at him was shot on the spot by the Imperial Guard. Not really.
Found the article through Tokyo Mango.
