Mother arrested for leaving 2-month-old daughter in car to play pachinko

I'm so happy that the baby is in good health. I'm glad they arrested the mother.

This is not the first time something like this has happened. They need to up patrols in pachikino parlor parking lots especially since summer is here. Fingers crossed they don't give the poor baby back to this irresponsible woman. In what world does a person think it's okay to leave a defenceless baby alone in a hot car to bake under the sun?! There's absolutely no logic behind suc negligence.

Again...

Unbelievable..2 month old.

Monday was a pretty damn hot day, especially inside of a car.

Jesus, two-months old. They're so cute and adorable. I can't imagine

leaving my baby anywhere unsupervised for an hour like that.

This so-called woman's baby should be taken away from her and given to a loving family. She should be arrested, sterialized, not allowed to adopt or to have anything to do with children and sentenced to prison.

Governments should force them to have a child minding area away from the noise.

I’m just happy someone saw what was happening and reported it so preventing a terrible tragedy on both ends.

Imagine how happy, rich and healthy if this disease didnt exist.

There is nothing as depressing as a long queue of addicts waiting outside of one of these places on a beautiful sunday morning.

Horrible woman - definitely not fit to be called a mother. Glad she has been arrested.

Glad baby is alive! Just worried about a possible way for the woman to get back to her/him....what s going on in your head?!

This happens every year in Japan-nothing changes in this country…

Love gambking more than her own baby daughter? crazy

While terrible, sadly plenty of far worse parents out there in reality; abuse, drugs, violence, etc. She needs to get help/counseling and reset her priorities ASAP!

Imagine how much better a world if all parents prioritized their children? So much selfishness, great parents enjoy sacrifice for something greater than petty self-interest.

You can bet this is not the first time she’s left the baby in the car to play pachinko. It is good that the parlor is taking responsibility and patrolling the car park for kids locked in cars. It’s sad that they have to though. The parlor employee is a life saver.

What a stupid thing to do. Small babies' bodies can overheat very quickly and they cannot regulate their body temperatures as well as adults can - it is very lucky that the outcome wasn't tragically different - just one or two variables different - the sun in a slightly different position in the sky, a couple of degrees hotter or a short time longer....

Maybe she forgot. Sleep deprived new mother. You never know.

This Pachinko baby Syndrome use to be a problem way back but since gambling online came about, the so called mothers can gamble 24/7 from the comfort of their place and the babies!? well no one really knows what is happening to them!? but we will find out 15 years later.

@gogogo

Governments should force them to have a child minding area away from the noise.

Agree 100%.

If Pachinko parlors had temporary childcare,

everyone could breathe easier.

And the sad thing about these cases is that the child is placed back in the care of the mother after some tears, bowing and a promise to never do it again. I've seen and met at least 7 different parents who did this and similar (left their van full of kids with the window cracked a bit to go play pachinko from2pm-11pm, left a 2 year old watching a DVD in a car with the windows up in July to go grocery shopping, go on a date and left her kids in a car over night). And all we could've done was watch the people give the kids back to the "remorseful parents" and shake my head!