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Chiba woman pleads guilty to complicity in husband's fatal abuse of 10-year-old daughter
A woman pleaded guilty Thursday to complicity in her husband's assaults on their 10-year-old daughter, who died in January, as her trial began in a case that has attracted national attention. Nagisa Kurihara, 32, is suspected of failing to stop her husband, Yuichiro Kurihara, 41, ...
Chiba nursery teacher injured while protecting kids after car driven by 65-year-old plows into park
A 30-year-old teacher at a nursery school was seriously injured while protecting a group of children from a car that crashed into a park in Chiba Prefecture on Wednesday. Wednesday's accident occurred at around 10:25 a.m. as five 2-year-olds were playing in a sandbox along ...
Mia Kurihara, who died in January following a series of alleged assaults by her father, was released from protective custody despite suspicion that he had sexually abused her, local government sources admitted Tuesday. According to the sources, the 10-year-old girl had told child welfare center ...
As cases surge globally, two workers at Narita airport diagnosed with measles amid holiday rush
Two workers at Narita airport are confirmed to have been infected with measles, the local government said, warning about the risk of possible exposure to the highly contagious virus.
Son-in-law arrested in Tokyo after Chiba assembly member stabbed to death
A man was arrested Sunday after a local assembly member in Chiba Prefecture was found to have been stabbed to death at his condominium. Norihisa Ishikawa, a 71-year-old assembly member of the city of Kisarazu, was found by his wife lying face down in the ...
Japanese lawmaker in Kisarazu Municipal Assembly stabbed to death
A member of the Kisarazu Municipal Assembly in Chiba Prefecture has been stabbed to death, and investigators said Sunday they are interrogating a man believed to be a relative on suspicion of murder. Police identified the victim as Norihisa Ishikawa, 71. They said his wife found ...
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.
