Kobe man convicted of receiving dead dad's pension by hiding body

Monday 08th December, 12:48 PM JST

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romulus3 at 01:08 PM JST - 8th December

they should investigate further. maybe he wasted the old man to get 100% of the benefits.
ai_sumo at 01:56 PM JST - 8th December

Where do these creepy people come from?

from Kobe.see the title.
dennis0bauer at 03:23 PM JST - 8th December

3.6 million his father had a nice pension
Disillusioned at 03:33 PM JST - 8th December

Hmmm! No mention of how the father died. I suspect he offed the old fella cos he wouldn't give him his pension money. However, I doubt if it will even be investigated. It's too easy to close the book on this one.
some14some at 05:34 PM JST - 8th December

3.6 million his father had a nice pension

Over a period of....? unknown, so divide by 3 = Y1.2 per year (maximum)
BBLeo at 07:35 PM JST - 8th December

The accused is unemployed and staying at home watching TV on expense of the government hand out. I wonder what he will do when he come out of jail? Will he wait for his next of kin to get freer pension? Does he have to repay back the money he took? I remember last year reading about the pension scandals in Japan, were people had taken pensions on account of death corps. 'Is accused one of them?' Did he spray the apartment with ‘French perfume’ to avoid smell?
meanmutha at 08:27 PM JST - 8th December

Is it me or has anyone else gotten quite wary of the general public here in the last few years.
Azrael at 09:13 PM JST - 8th December

Yes, there's the question - how did the father die?

What does 'abandoning a body' exactly mean? If he was hiding it, he was 'keeping' it, right? Or does 'abandoning a body' means, not giving it an official (reported?) funeral?
Triple888 at 11:25 PM JST - 8th December

3.6 million his father had a nice pension

Indeed! His dad probably was some high paid executive in the 50-60s and this man was the spoiled son.
airrunwesker at 01:25 AM JST - 9th December

Maybe he just wanted to give his father a good funeral!
ca1ic0cat at 03:54 AM JST - 9th December

This is one crime that seems to be unique to Japan. You can understand the motivation. But it's still weird.
nimbus at 05:22 AM JST - 9th December

This is one crime that seems to be unique to Japan. You can understand the motivation. But it's still weird.

I have to disagree because I remember reading about similar cases in the U.S. and EU.
bdiego at 12:57 PM JST - 9th December

Yeah, exact same thing happens here in the US. Rarely make the news though.
taiko666 at 01:36 PM JST - 9th December

Rarely make the news though.

Then how do you know it occurs?
Nessie at 02:37 PM JST - 9th December

Is there a "Best Parasite Singlist" award?