THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 15, 2019 at 18:00 JST
Yua Funato, a 5-year-old girl who died in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward in March 2018 as a result of physical abuse by her parents (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The Tokyo District Court on Oct. 15 sentenced the stepfather of a 5-year-old girl who died after months of physical abuse and being put on a near-starvation diet by her parents to 13 years in prison. [Read More]
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