A Japanese court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 10 years in prison for scalding his girlfriend's toddler son to death with hot shower water at their apartment in Osaka Prefecture in August 2021.Prosecutors had charged Takumi Matsubara with murder and assault, seeking 18 years, but the Osaka District Court found his actions only amounted to bodily injury resulting in death, noting that he had not intended to kill 3-year-old Orito Niimura.The court convicted Matsubara of assault, recognizing that he hit the boy's head with a cushion.Presiding Judge Hirotoshi Sakaguchi said the child…READ FULL ARTICLE