Mother grieves over death of recluse son taken by support firm : The Asahi Shimbun
Takayuki, middle, when he was a Maritime Self-Defense Force member (Provided by his bereaved family) When a mother heard a persuasive sales pitch to help her son, who had been a social recluse for two decades, to return to a normal life, she thought it was the answer to her prayers. That's why she paid a fortune to a Tokyo-based support company and let five strangers enter her home four years ago and drag off her son, Takayuki. But she never thought it would be the last time she would see him alive. She had entrusted the smooth-talking company to help her son find a job, get back on his f...
Source: asahi.com