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Police in Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture, have arrested a 49-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of fatally assaulting her 73-year-old mother at their home.
According to police, the incident occurred on Friday. Kyodo News reported that Midori Sakurai is accused of punching her mother in the face, using both fists, and kicking her hip. She then called 119 on Saturday and her mother was taken to hospital where she died later that day.
The hospital contacted police about a case of possible abuse. Police said Sakurai has admitted beating her mother after an argument.
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justasking
What a dream daughter. Not. I hope they really throw the book at her hard, beating up her elderly mother and probably because her mother would not give her dead beat daughter no money.
kurisupisu
Happening more and more in Japan -taking care of needy parents is a full time job with little reward
Mark
Nothing worse than watching the one you nurtured to life take your away.
kaimycahl
@kurisupisu I agree, Taking on the responsibility of an elderly parent is a tough task. No one would ever know until they have to do just that. In my case I had elderly parents to take care of and the older they got the more stubborn the became. I just looked at it as being their mind set thinking they could say and do the same things they did when they were younger, on the other hand in my case I knew they couldn't do the same things and it became a struggle but for me mentally, nothing physically because I understood what was going on. Its like a star athlete thinking he could still compete with the new an upcoming athlete. My dad wanted to shovel snow I said no because of his condition but he was still determined to try to do it, even though his doctors said don't and it go to the point where I just removed the shovel out of the home and hired someone to do it. Yes, it is a full time job, and I looked at it as role reversal, it was a full time job when I was born. My mom would always say you are born twice a child once an adult and that is what I became to understood. You mentioned that it is a full time job with little "reward". In my case just as they looked at the joy of caring for me through out my life I looked at that task as me paying them back regardless of what they thought I always took their health and safety into consideration as they did when I was too a little child! My reward was seeing them go as they way they say they saw me came and that is with happiness. I don't regret it. Everybody is different, the only way you can love some one, is give them that love in return, if not what kind of person would you be?
Happening more and more in Japan -taking care of needy parents is a full time job with little reward
Hercolobus
RIP. Hopefully her daughter will reflect on her actions while in Fuchu.
enmaai
My father in law is very hard to care that is why we hired a home helper everyday and a day service four times week because we can't take good care of him, we've got to work.
sir_bentley28
justasking
Um........where's your proof? Not that I am defending her horrible actions, but do you know the level of stress it takes to take care of an elderly Japanese person? Especially with their "pride" still intact? Yes, it happens a lot lately. Like.......ALOT! Its because it is very expensive to have trained people come in and take care of them or to have the elderly taken to a facility to be taken care of. Heck, even the trained professionals loose it and attack the elderly because they think the patient is "difficult" or "stressful". That could also be the case in this situation. And as you stated "probably" for money, highly doubt it!