A mother was sent to prosecutors Thursday for allegedly letting her 3-year-old daughter starve to death last month, leaving her alone at their Tokyo home so she could visit her boyfriend hundreds of kilometers away.
Saki Kakehashi has admitted leaving Noa at their apartment for eight days in early June while with her boyfriend in Kagoshima Prefecture, according to police.
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