On the night of the 16th, a man armed with a knife broke into an apartment in Setagaya, Tokyo, and after a struggle with a female resident, stole about 700,000 yen in cash and fled.
The prosecution argued that the victim died due to gross negligence, and the child born to the victim now suffers from a condition from which it is unlikely to recover.
The eldest daughter, Hinami, suffered from fetal dysfunction. Although she was delivered by cesarean section, she remained unconscious and unable to breathe on her own, requiring 24-hour nursing care.
With measles cases increasing at the fastest rate since 2020, the Japan Society for Vaccine Studies on the 17th released a statement urging preventative measures and recommending that vaccinations for children be carried out without fail.