The death of a 3-year-old girl suspected of being left by her mother for over a week to starve in their Tokyo apartment could have been prevented had local authorities been more vigilant in doing their jobs.That's the view of renowned education critic Naoki Ogi, who told Kyodo News in a telephone interview that it should have raised alarm bells when Saki Kakehashi's daughter Noa missed a scheduled health examination in Tokyo's Ota Ward mandated by law."The ward office says it called several times and made an effort to establish contact but couldn't reach the mother. This was the biggest fai…READ FULL ARTICLE
