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72-year-old man arrested for killing bedridden wife

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A 72-year-old man has been arrested in Otawara City, Tochigi Prefecture, on suspicion of killing his 61-year-old wife, who required nursing care.

According to police, Masao Kumada allegedly slashed the neck of his bedridden wife, Masako, at their residence on Monday, Fuji TV reported. Kumada’s wife required daily nursing care while the suspect himself is currently suffering from terminal cancer.

Early Monday morning, Kumada called a relative and said he had killed his wife. The relative came over to the house, saw Masako's body and called 110 at around 8 a.m.

Police said Kumada has admitted to the charge and quoted him as saying he killed his wife because he couldn't see any future for her.

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He's old and terminally ill so nothing much will happen to him but I still can't condone killing somebody even if they are bedridden

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And, here's today's second family murder. Every flipping day! Japan is a safe country, until you go home!

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A person who needs nursing care himself caring for his bed ridden wife. I'm not condoning the murder, but it's not surprising we hear this kind of thing happening so often.

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I'm pretty sure a throat slashing is not the way I want to go, but this sounds like it was probably a mercy killing.

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The old and sick taking care of the old and sick and killing them because it becomes too much or in this case "has no hope for a future". When will Japan realize this problematic trait, hire and train more health care nurses, raise the pay to keep the nurses to keep everyone happy? I feel like I read about these stories almost every day.

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Exactly. There are thousands of people from countries like the Philippines, who would love to come to Japan and work in nursing care. Relax the requirements.

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