Do We Need to Talk About Social Care in Sagamihara?

It just does often seem like social care for people with disabilities and the elderly in Sagamihara City and Kanagawa Prefecture as a whole, seems to suck. A Japanese district court on Thursday called on a family court to hear a case involving a 16-year-old boy charged with murdering his parents in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, last year. Takahira Yoshii, presiding judge at Yokohama District Court, said that educative and protective measures are appropriate for the boy. Episode notes: ‘16-Year-Old Boy to Be Sent to Family Court over Murder of Parents near Tokyo’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/02/20/16-year-old-boy-to-be-sent-to-family-court-over-murder-of-parents-near-tokyo/