KOBE, Nov 21 (Kyodo) –
A man was arrested Sunday for allegedly punching his mother in the head the previous day on her 100th birthday, leaving her in critical condition, police said.
A man was arrested Sunday for allegedly punching his mother in the head the previous day on her 100th birthday, leaving her in critical condition, police said.
Hiromu Nozawa, 69, is suspected of committing the assault on his mother Toshiko at their home in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, at around 4 a.m. on Saturday. The woman suffered an acute subdural hemorrhage and remains unconscious after the incident, the police said.
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Nov 21 (ANNnewsCH) – 100歳になったばかりの母親を殴ったとして、69歳の息子が逮捕されました。「大声で叫ばれ腹が立った」と話しています。 …continue reading
97-year-old driver kills woman on sidewalk
Fuji News Network – Nov 20
A 97-year-old man driving a passenger car in Fukushima City on Saturday afternoon hit a woman in her 40s who was walking on the sidewalk before collided into another car, killing the pedestrian and injuring 3 other people.
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Vietnamese car thieves arrested
ANNnewsCH – Nov 19
Five Vietnamese men were arrested for stealing three cars worth 8.6 million yen from a second-hand car shop in Kobe, according to Gunma Prefectural Police.
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Japan’s oldest man dies at 111
Kyodo – Nov 16
Shigeru Nakamura, a 111-year-old recognized as Japan’s oldest man, died Tuesday at a nursing home in Hiroshima Prefecture where he resided, the facility said.
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Eating disorders on the rise in post-Covid Japan
ucanews.com – Nov 12
According to a survey conducted by the National Center for Child Health and Development in Tokyo, the number of Japanese citizens under the age of 20 who were newly diagnosed with anorexia – an eating disorder – increased by about 160 percent in fiscal 2020 compared to the previous year.
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