Overview
- The Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a 45-year-old woman in Toshima Ward on suspicion of murdering her third-grade daughter at their home.
- Investigators allege the child was strangled, and firefighters confirmed her death at the scene after finding her lying face-up on a bed.
- The mother called Japan’s 119 emergency line and reported a charcoal joint suicide attempt, telling responders she meant to die with her daughter.
- She has admitted the allegation and told police she was in poor health, had money troubles, and was exhausted by childrearing.
- Officers say the mother and child lived alone, her name has not been released, and she remains hospitalized as detectives examine whether she can be held criminally responsible.