NAGOYA (ANN): A mother was on Tuesday (Sept 17) jailed for eight years for parental neglect, in a high-profile fatal child abuse case that has led Japan to enact stiffer laws including a ban on corporal punishment on children.
Yuri Funato, 27, had pleaded guilty to turning a blind eye to the abuse meted out by her ex-husband Yudai Funato, 34, on her five-year-old daughter Yua.
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