Four years ago, the Yakushi-dera, a Buddhist temple in Osaka's Sumiyoshi Ward with a history dating back 400 years, and much beloved of people in its neighborhood, was sold. "A nearby resident warned me, 'Your family grave is going to be moved,'" a 90-year-old resident was quoted as saying. "I went…
Police in Osaka have arrested a 59-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her 82-year-old husband by hitting his head with two flower vases while he slept. According to police, a man called 110 at around 2 p.m. Monday in which he said a female acquaintance had killed her husband, Kyodo…
Police in Osaka have arrested a 54-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his 82-year-old mother by stabbing her at their home on Sunday. According to police, Hiroyuki Kotani stabbed his mother Masako in the neck with a kitchen knife at around 8 a.m. at their apartment in Sumiyoshi Ward,…