Police in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested an 84-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 81-year-old wife by strangling her at their home on Sunday.
Police said Toshio Urabe has admitted killing his wife and quoted him as saying he was worn out from being her caregiver, TBS reported.
According to the police, Urabe called 110 at around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday and said: “I just killed my wife. I strangled her with the string used to tie her happi coat."
When the police arrived, they found his wife, Hideko, lying face up in the bedroom on the second floor. She was declared dead at the scene.
Hideko had been certified as requiring nursing care level 1.
© Japan Today
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Dave Fair
and "nursing care level 1" is determined to be........? Would have been helpful to have included a description.
The Opinionator
Took me about 30 seconds to find out lv 1 nursing care requirements. A brief explanation would have been easier. Do you really want to be spoon fed everything though?
My guess is she required much more than that.
Rip lady.
Alongfortheride
One again the government thinks spending money on military is better than taking care of their own elderly. This is the perfect case of an elderly man that should have been able to pick up the phone and simply say he needs help and he can no longer take care of her and someone be on his doorstep the next day.
kaimycahl
@Alongfortheride Don't blame the government spending on military, why are you blaming the government your statement is so contradicting to the article which specifically states that the man had a Care Level 1 nursing certificate. That right there says there's a system in place, which should have perhaps trained him to contact support services should he need them as you said "pick up the phone and call for help" why state what what prevented the man from picking up the phone and calling for help. Why even go on a government rant when there was a system in place where he was educated to perhaps do his care taking job.
proxy
There are many of these cases these days in Japan and they will continue to grow unless free institutional care is available to all seniors who need it.
This is a case of loving euthanasia, not heartless murder.
Dave Fair
The OpinionatorNov. 25 08:16 pm JST
YES, actually! I don't have time in my busy life to hunt down pertinent information which should have, easily could have been given in such a brief story! So yeah, i DO really want to be spoon fed, at least what is vital to the story!
Dave Fair
The OpinionatorNov. 25 08:16 pm JST
BTW, since you took the time to find out what Level 1 Care entails, could you please share that information, I like to be spoon fed.