Miscommunication between child welfare centers in Kagawa Prefecture and Tokyo may have played a role in the abuse of a 5-year-old girl, who died in March, an official of a child abuse prevention organization said.
The mother and stepfather of Yua Funato were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of leaving the girl unattended and without sufficient food or medical care, resulting in her death on March 2.
The family had moved from the Shikoku prefecture to the capital two months before Yua died.