The Japan TimesMay 25
Nearly three decades after the Kobe child murders, the father of one of two elementary schoolchildren killed by a 14-year-old boy in 1997 is still seeking the truth behind the tragedy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/25/japan/crime-legal/japan-serial-killing-victim-father-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kobe #serialkillers #massmurder #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #junhase
Father still searching for answers 29 years after Kobe child murders

For 70-year-old Mamoru Hase, whose son was one of two elementary schoolchildren killed by a 14-year-old boy in 1997, there is no such thing as closure.

The Japan Times