The Influence of Mariko's Murder on Wellhead

Because Taiwan Province's geographical location is quite close to Japan, Taiwan Province Province has always been a popular choice for Japanese outbound tourists, and Japanese tourists are also the most important source of income for Taiwan Province's tourism industry. The news of Mariko's disappearance in Taiwan immediately became the focus of Japanese media reports and lasted for several weeks. The Japanese media further reported the deterioration of public security in Taiwan Province Province, which seriously damaged the image of Taiwan Province Province as "good public security and human touch" in the eyes of the Japanese. According to the statistical data 5438+0990 1 1 released by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications in June, the number of Japanese tourists coming to Taiwan in the first three quarters of that year (1-September) decreased by 3. 1% compared with the same period of the previous year, setting a record for the largest negative growth in the past years, and it even dropped by more than two months after the news of Mariko's disappearance in wellhead came out. At the same time, Japanese tourists surveyed the evaluation of eight Japanese overseas tourist destinations, and Taiwan Province Province was the first place to accompany the last one, and "poor security" was listed as one of the main factors. When JAL promoted tourism in Taiwan Province Province in Japan, many people even called to protest that public order in Taiwan Province Province was corrupt and should not be promoted.

1994, Japanese director Kaizo Hayashi took Mariko's murder at the wellhead as the main story axis, and was written by Juro Kara, a famous Japanese screenwriter, to shoot a new film "Island" (later renamed "Sea Ghost Lamp"), starring Taiwan Province actress Na Tang, and one playing Mariko (Japanese pronunciation is the same as Mariko) and Mariko. This film was made five years after her disappearance in Mariko. One of her letters was sent to her mother, who entrusted a detective (written and played by Juro Kara) to come to Taiwan to solve this mystery. Mary and another couple were involved in the mystery. The whole movie is full of suspense and dedicated to Mariko's mother.

In addition, many unit dramas with social cases as the theme in Taiwan Province Province also put the well-known murder case of Mariko on the screen in the form of real life or adaptation. Hugh Lee, a famous actor, also wrote a satirical drama "Saving the Nation" based on the murder of Mariko in Wellhead.

Because this case is the most striking taxi driver crime case, it has aroused people's concern about taxi driver crime. In the past, there was no restriction on the qualification of taxi drivers to obtain the practice registration certificate, which led to frequent cases of taxi drivers' murder, robbery and sexual assault, especially sexual assault cases, which made women discouraged from taking taxis. Later, the regulations were amended to restrict some people with criminal records from obtaining practice registration certificates, and many taxi drivers were allowed to form radio and satellite dispatching teams to restore people's confidence in taking taxis.

In 2004, a female student surnamed Xiao from Providence University in Taiwan Province and her brother went to Japan for a self-help tour (according to the Japanese court's judgment, it was a group tour). On the way out to buy a phone card in Hekou Lake, Yamanashi Prefecture, a Japanese man, Gao Yuqiang, pulled her into the car, sexually assaulted her and killed her in the car. Taiwan Province and Japanese media reports reminded many people of Mariko's murder at the wellhead. Watanabe was sentenced to life imprisonment by Japanese prosecutors. On April 26th, 2007, Jiafu District Court (the court) sentenced Watanabe to life imprisonment. 165438+1On October 29th, the Tokyo High Court rejected the defendant's appeal. The defendant appealed to the Supreme Court of Japan on February 4th, 65438. The appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court 10 on June 22, 2008, and the whole case was sentenced to life imprisonment.