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Woman held over dumping elderly mother's body at garbage site

Woman held over dumping elderly mother's body at garbage site

Friday 25th April, 05:42 AM JST

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13 Comments

  • papasmurfinjapan at 04:47 PM JST - 24th April

    Given the cost of funerals I can't say I'm surprised. In fact I'm not sure why it doesn't happen more often.

  • some14some at 05:02 PM JST - 24th April

    Mom killing 3 month old son, 14 year old girl committing suicide, new born baby dumped in the river and now 85 years old woman's body found in garbage...all in a single day on single site.... Kanashii hontoni kanashii

  • capone at 05:23 PM JST - 24th April

    early guess: daughter suffocated mommy with a pillow and dumped the body

  • LFRAgain at 05:57 PM JST - 24th April

    What with funerals running into the hundreds of thousands of yen, I guess I'm suprised too that this doesn't happen more often, either.

    From a cultural standpoint, what with Japanese traditions regarding Buddhism and Shintoism, to toss the body of your forebearer out like, well, like trash . . . That's just too cold for words.

  • Proffessor at 06:15 PM JST - 24th April

    Poor woman...

  • blvtzpk at 06:18 PM JST - 24th April

    And they say 'furriners' have problems understanding the intricacies of the Japanese garbage and recycling systems! Doesn't the daughter know the rules? Didn't she get the memo?

    At least the local authorities in this case didn't take photos of the mother then drop them off at the home of the daughter with a letter asking the latter to come to local Ward office for a lesson in correct waste disposal.

  • sincity at 09:41 PM JST - 24th April

    Haven't you guys ever heard of Obasuteyama???

  • Ivespoken at 12:11 AM JST - 25th April

    OMG!!! Poor old lady maybe her daughter had something to do with it! just playing sorry

  • quickei at 01:01 AM JST - 25th April

    That is degrading, feel bad for the 85 year old lady.

  • BigDudeGSO at 02:41 AM JST - 25th April

    early guess: daughter suffocated mommy with a pillow and dumped the body

  • borscht at 07:32 AM JST - 25th April

    Maybe the daughter thought she was doing good by not dumping her mother's body out in the woods or in a river but by thoughtfully wrapping her up nicely and putting her in a designated garbage site.

  • greenteaonsens at 09:47 AM JST - 25th April

    Another "only in Japan" moment...

  • rondh69 at 12:51 PM JST - 25th April

    Mainichi says that Keiko Ishida was spotted hanging around the garbage dump, so maybe she had second thoughts or maybe she's just completely whacked out?

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