Japan kabuki actor convicted over parents' suicide

Ennosuke Ichikawa was arrested in June after his mother and father were found unconscious at his Tokyo home in May. Photo: AFP

One of Japan's best-known kabuki actors was convicted and given a suspended prison sentence on Friday for helping his parents die by suicide.

Ennosuke Ichikawa was arrested in June after his mother and father - also an actor in the highly stylised form of traditional Japanese theatre - were found unconscious at his Tokyo home in May and later died.