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Chiba father held over death of daughter served fresh arrest warrant for earlier alleged assault
A man held on suspicion of assaulting his 10-year-old daughter just before she died in late January was served a fresh arrest warrant Thursday for allegedly assaulting her on another occasion about a month earlier, investigative sources said. Yuichiro Kurihara, 41, was initially arrested on ...
Video shows Chiba girl who died following abuse begging for forgiveness, police say
Police have found a video believed to show the abuse of Mia Kurihara, the 10-year-old girl who died at her home last month, investigative sources said Saturday. Police have arrested the girl's father, Yuichiro, and her mother, Nagisa, in relation to the suspected abuse. Police are ...
U.N. rights panel calls on Japan to address high levels of violence against children
A U.N. panel expressed concern Thursday about "the high level of violence, sexual abuse and exploitation of children" in Japan, in the wake of the death of a 10-year-old girl in Chiba Prefecture due to alleged mistreatment. The Committee on the Rights of the Child ...
Father in Chiba case deprived girl of sleep leading up to her death, sources cite mother as saying
A 10-year-old girl who was found dead at her home in Chiba Prefecture last month had been deprived of sleep by her father in addition to being underfed and confined at home by her parents, investigative sources said. Mia Kurihara's mother, Nagisa, 31, has told ...
The circumstance behind the death of a 10-year-old girl who died last month at her home is raising questions about possible missteps by authorities in protecting her life.
Mother held over death of 10-year-old girl in Chiba admits depriving her of food at father's request
While the girl was not extremely underweight, the autopsy revealed there was almost no food inside her stomach, indicating that she had not been fed sufficiently.
The mother told investigators that her husband did not stop his pattern of abuse despite her pleas, investigative sources said.
Local officials admitted Thursday they handed a copy of a school questionnaire, in which a third-grader wrote that she had been physically abused by her father and asked teachers to help, to the father in response to his emphatic request, about a year before ...
Unconscionable globally, 'indispensable' locally, Japanese whalers call industry 'a way of life'
Neatly lining up sliced whale meat to make jerky in the wintry sea breeze, Tetsuya Masaki says whaling is just part of daily life in his tiny community of Minamiboso. Japan sparked outrage in December when it decided to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission ...
The death of a 10-year-old girl in Chiba Prefecture after alleged abuse by her father has added to cases that had already raised concern over the country's child protection system. Insufficient commitment and coordination by local authorities and schools in tackling such cases have been ...
Aging Japan: Neighboring suburbs face divergent futures as one grays, another grows
Katsuya Kodama's wife died two years ago, and the 77-year-old keeps her ashes on a Buddhist altar in their suburban home outside Tokyo. "I talk to her morning and night, tell her everything," he said. "I sit on the chair she used in the bath ...
46 Chinese workers disappear in Hokkaido after 11 arrested over visa issues
The investigation started when one of the workers died of an illness on Nov. 25.
