Prosecutors in Hakodate, Hokkaido, have indicted a 25-year-old woman over the death of her newborn daughter after she was deemed mentally fit to stand trial following two months of psychiatric tests.
According to the indictment, Runa Ouchi gave birth to a baby girl on April 22 at her home in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, Sankei Shimbun reported. Shortly after giving birth, the indictment alleges she assaulted the infant with a strong blow to the head, causing her death from traumatic bleeding.
Ouchi was arrested in June after burying the baby’s body in the garden of her parents' home in Hokuto City, Hokkaido, between April 28 and May 5.
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Gaijinjland
@falseflagsteve
Where are you from originally? Unless you’re from some Nordic country with a population of less than 3 million, Japan has better social services than most other countries.
Problem is you have to ask for help/ services like in any country. SS case officers can’t be everywhere at once and can’t monitor at risk individuals 24/7.
If you have an idea of what better social services in Japan would look like, I’d like to hear.
Norm
Another tragic case. I don’t understand why people don’t utilize the assistance that is available.
Social services are available. But people in need have to contact them to let them know they need support.
For pregnant women in Japan, this information (in English here) shows what help is available:
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/11900000/guide_EN.pdf
smithinjapan
No doubt she'll get 2.5 years, max. Hope I'm wrong. Hope it's life, but we all know that is incredibly rare here.
Michael Corleone
ouch!!
falseflagsteve
Oh no not again! How many times do we have to read about these awful deaths of new born babies.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we need better social services in Japan to try and prevent more of these tragedies