A 50-year-old unemployed man was found dead and his father unconscious at their home in Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture, on Saturday.
Police believe the father, Katsuji Tokunaga, may have killed his son, Tsuyoshi, and then tried commit suicide, Sankei Shimbun reported.
According to police, Tokunaga’s 74-year-old wife found her husband and son at around 7:15 a.m. on Saturday and called 119.
Tsuyoshi was lying on his back on his bed and his father was collapsed in a reclining chair in the living room. Tsuyoshi died two hours later at a hospital, while his father remains unconscious.
Police said both men had strangulations marks on their neck.
There were no signs that anyone had broken into the house.
Police plan to perform an autopsy to determine the cause of Tsuyoshi's death.
© Japan Today
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travelbangaijin
Only in Japan but this time, the tables were reversed and it's the 70 year old parent taking out his 50 year old son. Only in Japan where 50 year olds still living with mommy and daddy and living off their parents lifelong work and want to kill their parents instead of appreciate having the social security of their parents.
Zaphod
Not enough information in the article. Was the son mentally challenged and agressive? That sort of scenario has happened before.
Brian Wheway
Could it be the old man had enough of his unemployed son, maybe his son didn't want to work, maybe he got frustrated with him living at home, either way it's very sad, as now the old man could be facing a murder charge,
starpunk
Loser and moron.
Alongfortheride
There is never enough information on any of the stories here. They want to only give enough information to create tension.
Saika
I know about this news. 82-year-old man killed his son because he tired of nursing care for his son. In Japan, there have a lot of incidents of killing family and murder-suicide due to nursing care fatigue. It is said that the reasons why there are many such incidents is that there are a lot of elderly people and the support systems for families are not strong. This is a serious issue because more families will need support from now on.