Police in Toyokawa City, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 51-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of killing her 79-year-old mother, with whom she lived.
Police said Hiromi Hattori is accused of strangling her mother Setsuko to death with her hands on Dec 22, NTV reported.
On Dec 23, Setsuko, who suffered a leg disability, was supposed to use a taxi to go out, but Hattori canceled the taxi.
Staff from a nursing care support organization visited her home on Tuesday and found her slumped over a kotatsu, and called 119. She was declared dead at the scene.
Hattori was home at the time. Police said she has admitted to killing her mother but has so far given no motive.
© Japan Today
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DanteKH
I don't think there is another country in the world that has so much parricide as Japan.
It is unbelievable that those kind of news are almost weekly.
GuruMick
Dante....I think you mean "matricide "
"Parricide " is the murder of a parrot.
Wasabi
Parricide is the killing of a parent or other near relative.
grc
There surely must come a time when the much-vaunted Asian family values malarkey has to be revisited.
Abe234
I think we in the west have a racial stereotype, that somehow, taking care of mum and dad is an Asian family thing. It’s not! Many adults take care of their parents in the west until they themselves can’t take it on anymore. Culturally we probably did the same decades ago, before the welfare state. Maybe as Japans economy/financials and demographic change the expectations of the kids, or daughter in law looking after the parents will be forced to change. If it hasn’t already!!!!
we see way more nursing homes popping up than there were 20 or 30 years ago.
falseflagsteve
Oh no not again! This type of thing is always incredibly upsetting and in many cases avoidable.
Ive said it before and I’ll say it again, we need better social services to help prevent these heinous crimes.
GuruMick
Mums and Dads out of adult children's lives.
Works for most.
Parents, plan for your own care and expenses.
Less pachinko...more saving
Khuniri
Japan has such a low homicide rate that these stories get a lot of attention. I am the same age as the victim in this case, but I rather doubt that I shall suffer the same fate, as my children live too far away and are much too busy with their own lives. Think of 東京物語...
Gaijinjland
@falseflagsteve
Any suggestions on what Japan could do better to prevent these types of tragedies from happening in the future?
purple_depressed_bacon
You have this article about a daughter potentially strangling her mother to death and another article about a father threatening his son with a knife. The holidays really do bring out the worst in people, hmm?