Police in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, have arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of fatally beating his 81-year-old mother at their home on Monday.
According to police, Ryuzaburo Kokubo, a construction worker, is accused of hitting his mother on the head with his fists at around 12:20 a.m. Monday, Sankei Shimbun reported. Kokubo's wife called 119.
The victim was taken to hospital where she later died.
Police said Kokubo has admitted to beating his mother and quoted him as saying, “We had an argument and I lost my temper.”
© Japan Today
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falseflagsteve
Oh no not again!
Mocheake
She probably told him it was time to move out and get a job and he flipped his wheels.
餓死鬼
He's a construction worker according to the article, though he probably won't be involved in much construction for a while.
kaimycahl
He said he lost his temper! In other words he will have to go find his "MIND" because he will have a lot of time to look back at what he did!!
Mocheake
Yeah, I missed that somehow. Thanks. Maybe she told him to get a better job.
tigerjane
Unfortunately, his mother and many other parents of this age group came from poverty most likely during the war time and like many parents around the world wanted better for their children and will go all right out to provide better than they had. Rounding up, this guy grew up self-entitled due to parents love and overindulgence and which costed his mother her life and many more recently in Japan and will not stop I believe, unfortunately.
falseflagsteve
tigerjane
Good analysis, could be right there. Lot of that about now and where have we ended up? This heartless thug murdering the woman who gave birth to him, his own mummy. It really defies belief.
Sanjinosebleed
Seriously remove these mutts from the gene pool! Who the hell can beat an 80 year old woman to death let alone their mother???
Marlon Brando
So much violenece between parents and their children.
Daninthepan
That police car gets everywhere. It was in Shizuoka last week.
enmaai
@Mocheake
(She probably told him it was time to move out and get a job and he flipped his wheels.)
What about the adult sons or daughters who want their parents to live in an old age home facility. Yeah it took us 7 years to convince my FIL to live there, Home helper is expensive.
Trapped
Ah, 'construction worker'. That ol' euphemism for occasionally working chinpira. ...and throw away the key.