Body of newborn infant found floating in river

Poor child. How heartbreaking.

Absolutely heartbreaking.

i dont think anything can ruin my day more than this. nothing.

There are other alternatives than tossing your kid in the river, you could have abandoned him at a hospital or some other place where he or she had a chance

If I hear any sympathy for how the mother had no other choice, or perhaps the baby was stillborn I'm gonna be sick.

You have to be seriously mentally sick to throw a baby into a river. Truly heart breaking.

@Strangerland

That’s why I wrote.

Yes, I would agree with you 100% that this tragic loss of young life is an issue in other countries.

But since this case and story does not mention other countries or humanity (Japan), it is a dark and disturbing matter in Japan. And it seems to be happening more frequently which is utterly heart breaking and, in my opinion, a mortal sin.

I also wrote.

You can disagree if you like. You are entitled to your opinion.

Articles like these really get to me, not only as a parent, but as a human being. What kind of person (if you call the guilty party that) does that sort of thing. They don't deserve to be called humans. This really goes beyond heart-breaking. Just beyond belief. RIP little man. You are the innocent one and deserved much better.

They don't know where the baby came from, who the mother is, or how this came to be. So how have you come to the determination that it was one of the parents who did this, and that they just 'tossed' the baby into the water, and that it wasn't one of the infinite number of other possibilities?

The umbilical cord was still attached.

Heartless, how there is not a support system for mothers that think this is the only way

@Slickdrifter

I hardly think that it is the dark side of Japan, I am sure that the same thing happens in other places too.

@Hello Kitty 321.

Do you know how many cases we have seen like this just this year alone? Then look back on cases just like this over the last ten years? Some cases reported and some cases I am sure that fell through the cracks? To many cases where newborns where left to die out the womb. Distressing and disturbing numbers.

A staggering number just from my personal recollection. Yes, I would agree with you 100% that this tragic loss of young life is an issue in other countries. But this is Japan. A modern country that lacks support for Mothers that feel they need to throw their babies out like garbage left to die. Japan can do better.

The head line of this story should read.

The unfortunate dark side of Japan as bodies of newborns infants found floating in rivers and trash bins increase. A disturbing and growing trend in Japan.

Now, Hello Kitty I will be the first to admit. I am not social expert on the topic. But it's been a hell of a lot of cases. And I consider it a very dark and disturbing problem that is increasing in Japan. You can disagree if you like. You are entitled to your opinion.

Do you know how many cases we have seen like this just this year alone? Then look back on cases just like this over the last ten years? Some cases reported and some cases I am sure that fell through the cracks? To many cases where newborns where left to die out the womb. Distressing and disturbing numbers.

Ok, but how exactly is this a 'dark side of Japan' thing, and not a 'dark side of humanity' thing?

It has been raining a bit - just waiting to find out how the baby found its way into the river.  Who knows, it might even been a hospital that discarded medical waste, and not the mother at all - or a boyfriend, husband, etc.  Sad of course that the baby died.

Tossed out like the trash. As sad as it may sound, it was probably a better choice than for the baby to grow up in an environment where it was not wanted. Of course, surrendering the baby and adoption is always an option. It will be another, “the baby was stillborn and I panicked” scenario resulting in a suspended sentence for outright murder.

The body of a newborn baby of undetermined gender

I hope that's a case of the body decomposing and not because the police are avoiding gender assumption.

The dark side of Japan. Ruthless. To carry a child and deliver that child to be tossed in river with absolutely no choice what so ever to die. Boils my blood. Murder 1. If this Mother is dicovered. I have no sympathy for what is to become of her. Heart breaking and mortal sin.

Poor mother. The baby hadn’t had a life yet. Could of been still born. We don’t know. But she must be in extreme stress and depression. I hope she can get help. This is why medical termination should be offered to all women.

If I hear any sympathy for how the mother had no other choice, or perhaps the baby was stillborn I'm gonna be sick.

Mother might have had no choice, or perhaps the baby was stillborn.

Have a nice day.

There are other alternatives than tossing your kid in the river, you could have abandoned him at a hospital or some other place where he or she had a chance

They don't know where the baby came from, who the mother is, or how this came to be. So how have you come to the determination that it was one of the parents who did this, and that they just 'tossed' the baby into the water, and that it wasn't one of the infinite number of other possibilities?