Mother admits to neglect in death of 5-yr-old in high-profile abuse case

TOKYO - The mother of a 5-year-old girl admitted to parental neglect resulting in the child's death last year in the first court hearing Tuesday of a high-profile abuse case that has prompted Japan to revise laws to better protect children.Yuri Funato, 27, is suspected of causing her daughter's death from sepsis in March 2018 in Tokyo's Meguro Ward after not feeding her adequately since around late January the same year, resulting in the child developing pneumonia.She also failed to take her daughter to hospital in late February last year, when the child's condition seriously weakened from…READ FULL ARTICLE