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A man has been arrested in Japan for allegedly confining his son in a wooden cage for more than 20 years, according to local media reports.
Yoshitane Yamasaki, 73, claimed he was forced to confine his son, now aged 42, in the box because he suffered mental health problems and sometimes became violent, reported Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
The cage was reportedly one meter high and two meters wide, and was kept in a hut by the family’s home in Sanda, Kyoto.
The son was reportedly first locked up in the cage when he was 16, fed every day, and washed every other day.
He has been taken into the care of authorities, suffering a bent back from his prolonged confinement.
According to local media reports, he has been in the care of social services officials since January. A city official visited the home and alerted police, leading the boy to be freed.
The only action taken against the boy’s father was to arrest him for 36 hours in January.
"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 NHK. - Newsweek
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