この方のこの写真は、前にみたことがある。……どんなことに関連して見たのか？
何かを調べている過程で確かに見た。
統一教会系？ IPS細胞、幹細胞？ 軍関係？それが思い出せない。
この方のご一家の殺人事件については今日初めて知った。
Bishop氏は、製薬業界に長年身を置いた方らしい。
それにしても、残酷な謎めいた事件だ。
【速報】埼玉・飯能市の家族3人殺害事件 近所の男（40）を妻への殺害容疑で再逮捕(2023年1月16日)
埼玉県飯能市の住宅でクリスマスの朝に一家3人が殺害された事件で、この家に住む男性を殺した疑いで捜査していた男について埼玉県警が男性の妻を殺した疑いでも再逮捕しました。
斎藤容疑者の自宅からは血液が付いた手袋が見つかっていたことが新たに分かりました。警察は凶器などは事前に準備し、指紋を残さないように手袋を着用していたとみて調べています。
先月25日朝、飯能市の住宅でこの家のウィリアム・ビショップさん（69）と妻の森田泉さん（68）娘の森田ソフィアナ恵さん（32）が死亡しているのが見つかりました。娘の恵さんは別の家に住んでいて偶然事件があった日に現場に居合わせました。
警察は近くに住む斎藤淳容疑者（40）を逮捕し、ビショップさんに対する殺人容疑で捜査していましたが今月16日午後、妻の森田泉さんを殺した疑いでも再逮捕しました。
現場の防犯カメラには凶器を持った男がビショップさん家族に襲い掛かる映像が映っていて、3人の腕などには抵抗した際にできる傷が複数ありました。
斎藤容疑者の自宅からは複数の鈍器や血のついた服の他に、血の付いた手袋も見つかっていたことが分かりました。
警察は凶器などは事前に準備し、指紋を残さないように手袋を着用していたとみています。
また、斎藤容疑者の生活状況については2008年ごろから1人で生活していたとみられ、母親からの仕送りに頼りここ数年、働いていた事実は確認できていないということです。
ビショップさんらは車や自宅の門を傷つけられたと去年8月から12月に6回、被害届を出していました。
このうち、斎藤容疑者はビショップさんの車に石を投げて壊した疑いで現行犯逮捕されるなど器物損壊容疑で3回逮捕され、いずれも不起訴となっています。
斎藤容疑者は事件について「私はやっていません。身に覚えのない話です」など話しています。
Remembering Japan Pharma Veteran Bill Bishop
02 Jan 2023
OBITUARY
Bian Haydock
@ScripIanHaydock ian.haydock@informa.com
https://scrip.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/SC147594/Remembering-Japan-Pharma-Veteran-Bill-Bishop
Executive Summary
Biopharma sector in Japan and Asia shocked by death of industry veteran and long-time Japan resident Bill Bishop and two family members in violent Christmas Day attack at their home in Saitama.
William Bishop Jr, a veteran of the pharma industry in Japan and Asia and most recently a Japan- and US-based independent consultant and author, was found dead at his Japanese home in Hanno, Saitama prefecture near Tokyo early on the morning of 25 December.
US citizen Bishop (69), known as Bill, was discovered along with his wife Izumi Morita (68) and their visiting elder daughter Sophianna Megumi Morita (32), an advertising executive in Tokyo, outside the residence with multiple blunt trauma injuries. A 40-year-old near neighbour, Jun Saito, was subsequently arrested after fleeing the scene and has since been sent to prosecutors on a murder charge and on suspicion of killing the three family members.
The suspect had been previously arrested several times after he was suspected of damaging a car at the residence and is also suspected of setting a fire that occurred at the house on the morning of the 25th. The motives for the earlier attacks and triple murder remain unclear at this time.
Local media reports state that Bishop and family had previously told police they had no idea why they were being victimized.
Born in South Dakota, Bishop was a long-time fixture on the pharma scene in Japan and lived and worked in the country and elsewhere in Asia for more than 40 years after receiving a BA from Sophia University in Tokyo and an MA from Temple University in Philadelphia.
Fluent in spoken and written Japanese, his industry positions in Japan included director of Corporate Affairs at the local subsidiaries of Eli Lilly and Company, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Becton, Dickinson and Company. He retired from BD in 2017.
Bishop set up a professional Tokyo-based consultancy, Bill Bishop & Associates, in 1990 which provided a broad range of services including public and government affairs/relations, communications, market access/development, advocacy and trade promotion and investment, with a focus on pharma, medical devices and diagnostics and regenerative medicine.
He was also active in the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, where he served as chair of the Healthcare Committee, as a board member and lecturer at Temple University's Japan Campus and was a past chair at local industry networking group Pharma Delegates.
More recently, Bishop had turned his hand to writing, producing a series of novels in the Barton Family Saga set in the American West. In addition, he joined the judging panel for the global Scrip Awards several years ago and had since been bringing his extensive industry experience and knowledge to that event.
On a personal note, such a tragic event is all the more shocking and horrific when it involves someone you know. It was always a genuine pleasure talking with Bill, who was very amiable and ever ready to give his take on recent developments both inside and outside the industry, often with highly perceptive observations and a wry sense of humor.
He also had an admirable ongoing curiosity in wider global news, while his decades of experience in Asia made for a trove of fascinating stories and observations that I certainly could have listened to for hours.
Scrip and Citeline would like to extend our deepest sympathies to both families.
Temple Univ. saddened by death of board member in murder near Tokyo
December 28, 2022 (Mainichi Japan)
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221228/p2g/00m/0na/030000c
William Ross Bishop Jr. is seen in this photo taken from a social media account.
SAITAMA (Kyodo) -- Temple University Japan has expressed shock and deep sadness at the death of board member William Bishop, a 69-year-old U.S. national who was murdered with his wife and daughter in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Christmas day.
Bishop, who graduated from the school's main campus in Philadelphia in 1984 with a master's degree in visual anthropology, served on the Japan campus' advisory board from 2010 to 2018, later becoming an emeritus member, according to the university.
"We have lost not just a family member of Temple University, but a great friend of the people of Japan," Chie Kato, senior associate dean of the Japan campus, said in a tribute statement.
Bishop, his 68-year-old wife Izumi Morita and their 32-year-old daughter were found dead outside their residence in Hanno with blunt trauma injuries on Sunday.
Police have sent a 40-year-old man living near the scene to prosecutors on a murder charge. The man was previously arrested on suspicion of damaging a vehicle at the residence but was not prosecuted.
Kato, who worked with Bishop during his time on Temple University Japan's advisory board, said that he "had a great understanding of the cultures" of the United States and Japan and "deeply cared about the future of Japan and its people."
埼玉・飯能３人殺害 複数の鈍器使用か、動機解明焦点
2023/1/23 22:13
https://www.iza.ne.jp/article/20230123-ZDG5VNYH3ZPL5OCW2KMMLYK3NA/
埼玉県飯能市の住宅で住人の米国籍、ビショップ・ウィリアム・ロス・ジュニアさん（６９）ら３人が殺害された事件で、夫婦への殺人容疑で送検された近所に住む無職、斎藤淳容疑者（４０）が、複数の鈍器を使用して、ビショップさんらを襲っていたことが２３日、捜査関係者への取材で分かった。親子３人の命が奪われた事件の発生から２５日で１カ月。埼玉県警はビショップさん宅の現場検証など、事件の全容解明に向けて捜査を進めているが、犯行動機の解明が焦点となる。県警は長女の森田ソフィアナ恵さん（３２）の殺害に関わった疑いでも調べる。
捜査関係者によると、斎藤容疑者は複数の鈍器のほか、灯油が入ったポリタンクをビショップさん宅まで持ち込んで犯行に及んだとみられる。県警は、斎藤容疑者が夫婦を確実に殺害する強い意思を持っていたとみている。
県警は容疑者宅から複数の鈍器のほか、血の付いた衣服や手袋を押収。衣服についた血液のＤＮＡ型は３人のものと一致していた。また、ビショップさん宅の防犯カメラには、斎藤容疑者とみられる男が被害者を襲う様子が写っていた。県警は放火容疑での立件も視野に捜査している。
一方、斎藤容疑者は県警の調べに対し「私はやっていません。身に覚えがない話です」「逮捕された内容については私の知らないことです」などと供述。容疑者宅から携帯電話やパソコンは見つかっていない。
斎藤容疑者は夫婦宅の車を傷つけたなどとして、これまで県警に器物損壊容疑で３回逮捕されているが、取り調べには何も語らず、動機や接点が不明のまま不起訴処分になっていた。嫌がらせ行為を受けていた夫婦は県警に対し、「接点はなく、心当たりがない」と説明していたという。
Temple Univ. saddened by death of board member in murder near Tokyo
December 28, 2022 (Mainichi Japan)
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221228/p2g/00m/0na/030000c
William Ross Bishop Jr. is seen in this photo taken from a social media account.
SAITAMA (Kyodo) -- Temple University Japan has expressed shock and deep sadness at the death of board member William Bishop, a 69-year-old U.S. national who was murdered with his wife and daughter in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Christmas day.
Bishop, who graduated from the school's main campus in Philadelphia in 1984 with a master's degree in visual anthropology, served on the Japan campus' advisory board from 2010 to 2018, later becoming an emeritus member, according to the university.
"We have lost not just a family member of Temple University, but a great friend of the people of Japan," Chie Kato, senior associate dean of the Japan campus, said in a tribute statement.
Bishop, his 68-year-old wife Izumi Morita and their 32-year-old daughter were found dead outside their residence in Hanno with blunt trauma injuries on Sunday.
Police have sent a 40-year-old man living near the scene to prosecutors on a murder charge. The man was previously arrested on suspicion of damaging a vehicle at the residence but was not prosecuted.
Kato, who worked with Bishop during his time on Temple University Japan's advisory board, said that he "had a great understanding of the cultures" of the United States and Japan and "deeply cared about the future of Japan and its people."
WILLIAM BISHOP OBITUARY
William "Bill" Bishop
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/rapidcity/name/william-bishop-obituary?id=38514450
HANNO, JAPAN - William "Bill" Bishop, age 69, was killed in Hanno, Japan on December 25, 2022, along with his wife Izumi, age 68, and his daughter Sophianna, age 32. Their lives were ended tragically in their home by an attacker.
He is survived by his daughter, Monicamay Bishop (Shane); his mother, Velda Bishop; and brothers: Dan Bishop and Daryl Bishop. There will be a family only memorial service.
Bill was born in South Dakota in 1953 and lived in Provo, SD till the family moved to Rapid City in 1959.
Bill graduated from Stevens HS in Rapid City and then joined the U.S. Navy. Following his military duty, he graduated from Sophia University and with a Master's degree from Temple University in Japan.
He served on the advisory board from 2010 to 2018 becoming an Emeritus member. He worked for several large pharmaceutical companies until he retired.
He realized his dream to become a published author in recent years. He will be remembered as always helpful and friendly with a good sense of humor.
Izumi grew up near Tokyo and has family in Japan. Sophianna lived in Tokyo and traveled extensively in her position at Ogilvy.
Published by Rapid City Journal on Dec. 31, 2022.
RECORDS
https://www.ancestry.com/c/partner-records/results/?flowId=partnersBirth&gsfn=William&gsln=Bishop&clickref=1011lwvTuoZw%2C1011lwvTuoZw&o_xid=01101l3yjc&o_lid=01101l3yjc&o_sch=Affiliate+External
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✔︎Eli Lilly and Company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Lilly_and_Company
✔︎Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyeth
✔︎BectonDickinson and Company
https://www.bd.com/en-us
✔︎テンプル大学ジャパンキャンパス
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/テンプル大学ジャパンキャンパス
✔︎Temple University Japan campus
Board of Overseers
https://www.tuj.ac.jp/about/japan-campus/board-of-overseers
注目🔻
・Mark J. Davidson 日本アムウェイ
DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AMWAY JAPAN G.K.
・Ernest M. Higa アーネスト・M・比嘉
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO HIGA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
・サポートメンバー
細田博之 衆院議員
✔︎在日米国商工会議所 ACCJ
ACCJヘルスケア委員会