Oddly Enough: Jail time likely for music-blasting neighbor

Have your neighbors had one too many loud nights this year? This is one unique form of revenge one woman in Tokyo Japan resorted to.

For almost two consecutive years, 58-year-old Miyoko Kawahara blasted rock music at her 64-year-old neighbor. Kawahara was arrested after her neighbor filed a complaint against her citing that she caused her insomnia and chronic headaches.

Police said that Kawahara had been playing loud, fast-paced dance music in a portable stereo directed at her neighbor's house 24 hours a day since November 2002.

Police were prompted to arrest Kawahara after her neighbor's diagnosis of headaches and insomnia was linked to the noise. The motive for Kawahara's harassment has not yet been determined.

Police did say that there had been trivial disagreements in the past between the two women but would not comment further on them. In Japan, if convicted of causing injury to another person one could face up to 10 years in prison or a hefty fine.

Source: Associated Press