The Japan Times66%
‘There was no village’: Japan’s troubling pattern of family murder-suicides 80%
By Mai Yoshikawa0%
5/18/2026, 3:11:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Fundamental Attribution Error, Horn Effect, and Actor-Observer Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 77.2% saturation with 44 hits. Analysis detected 190 faulty-reasoning hits from 57 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 72.8% and a BS Rank of 80% (3,374 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 79.90% of the article peer group.
For years, Akiko Hashiguchi was told she was failing as a mother.
Teachers criticized her parenting.
Other parents distanced themselves.
Relatives and strangers alike blamed her for her son’s behavior, which was only later understood to be linked to ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder).
She found herself constantly apologizing.
Confirmation Bias
21.1%Confirmation Bias
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21.1%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
1.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
6.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
4.5%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Framing Effect
17.5%Framing Effect
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17.5%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
7.8%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
2.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
2.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Negativity Bias
21.1%Negativity Bias
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21.1%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
11.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
2.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Fundamental Attribution Error
45.6%Fundamental Attribution Error
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45.6%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
7.5%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Actor-Observer Bias
38.6%Actor-Observer Bias
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38.6%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
2.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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In-Group Bias
7%In-Group Bias
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7%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
6.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Horn Effect
45.6%Horn Effect
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45.6%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
2.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
2.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Hasty Generalization
77.2%Hasty Generalization
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77.2%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
8.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Bandwagon
7%Bandwagon
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7%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
1.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
2.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
9.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
17.5%Unattributed Quote
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17.5%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Quote-first Misdirection
17.5%Quote-first Misdirection
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17.5%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Biased Writer Voice
17.5%Biased Writer Voice
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17.5%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
5.5%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
4.1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorMai Yoshikawa
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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57 words analyzed.
Analysis
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