Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
500,000¥ is almost $42,000, so it sounds like you got what you deserve. Actually, I have no idea what you deserve, but it's a lot of money, and I'm glad you're satisfied.
Stories like these make me wish we had the Japanese legal system. It's amazing how few civil law suits ever happen there. People just don't sue very much.