A man arrested on suspicion of killing his 11-year-old adopted son in Kyoto Prefecture told investigators the boy had said, "You're not my real dad!" — a remark police say may have contributed to his motive to murder. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/08/japan/crime-legal/kyoto-murder-father-son-argument/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kyoto #nantan #japanesepolice #children
‘You’re not my real dad!’: Argument in car allegedly provoked murder in Kyoto case

The suspect told police during voluntary questioning before his arrest on Wednesday that he strangled his 11-year-old adopted son following an argument on the drive to school.

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Kyoto police plan to rearrest a 37-year-old man on suspicion of murdering his 11-year-old son, whose body was found in a wooded area a few kilometers away from the family residence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/crime-legal/kyoto-father-rearrest-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kyoto #japanesepolice #nantan #children
Police rearrest Kyoto father over murder charge

Police believe Yūki Adachi may have murdered his son in a public restroom about 2 kilometers from the family's home.

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A smartphone used by the father of an 11-year-old boy who was found dead has a web history of searching for ways to abandon a body, investigative sources said Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/19/japan/crime-legal/kyoto-boy-father-smartphone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kyoto #nantan #japanesepolice #children
Arrested father of Kyoto boy allegedly searched for ways to abandon body

Police are investigating 37-year-old Yūki Adachi, believing that he attempted to delay the discovery of his son's body.

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The Kyoto Prefectural Police believe that a public restroom is one of the locations where the father of the victim left the corpse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/19/japan/crime-legal/kyoto-police-inspect-public-restroom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kyoto #nantan #japanesepolice #children
Kyoto police inspect public restroom tied to boy's death

The father is believed to have relocated the body several times around the city.

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The father of a boy in Kyoto Prefecture who was found dead earlier this week has admitted that he strangled his son, investigative sources said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/17/japan/crime-legal/kyoto-suspect-stangulation-admit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kyoto #nantan #japanesepolice #children
Father of Kyoto boy admits to choking him to death, investigators say

While an autopsy carried out on the body has failed to determine the cause of the boy's death, the victim is estimated to have died in late March.

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Dashboard camera footage was partially deleted from a car driven by a father who was arrested after his son's body was found in a forested area in Kyoto Prefecture, investigative sources said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/17/japan/crime-legal/camera-kyoto-father-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kyoto #nantan #japanesepolice #children #cameras
Investigators in Kyoto murder case say suspect's dashcam footage was deleted

The Kyoto Prefectural Police believe the 37-year-old suspect, Yūki Adachi, may have deleted the footage to conceal his movements.

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Police have arrested a 37-year-man on suspicion of abandoning his son's body in the case of a missing 11-year-old boy in the city of Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/16/japan/crime-legal/kyoto-boy-stepfather-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #kyoto #nantan
Father of 11-year-old boy found dead in Kyoto arrested

During questioning, the father admitted involvement in abandoning the body, reportedly telling investigators 'There's no doubt that I did it.'

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