THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 29, 2020 at 17:22 JST
This type of doughnut was given to an 85-year-old resident of a nursing home in Nagao Prefecture in December 2013. The resident died about a month after eating it. (Ayako Oikawa)
Medical and welfare workers across Japan breathed a sigh of relief after a court overturned a conviction in the case of a nursing home resident who choked to death on a doughnut. [Read More]
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