Japanese dad cages son for over 20 years
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a japanese dad who allegedly confined his mentally ill son in a small cage for more than two decades was arrested on saturday in western japan police and news reports said1 police arrested 73-year-old yoshitane yamasaki on suspicion of imprisoning his son now aged 42 at their house in the city of sanda in hyogo prefecture a local police spokesman told afp1 further details of the case were not available as the investigation is still underway the spokesman said1 according to local media reports the son was forced to live inside a wooden cage one metre 3.3 feet high and 1.8 metre wide built in a prefabricated hut next to the main house1 the suspect has reportedly admitted the allegations1 i made my son live in a cage for more than 20 years because he has mental problems and acted up the father earlier told city officials according to public broadcaster nhk1 the father said he fed his son and let him bathe every other day1 the son whose name has been withheld is in a stable condition but is suffering from a bent back nhk said adding that he was sent to a welfare facility1