Man arrested for confining mentally ill son in cage

Police arrested a 73-year-old man Saturday for allegedly confining his mentally ill son in a cage measuring just 1 meter high by 0.9 meter by 1.8 meters in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan.Yoshitane Yamasaki, suspected of confining his 42-year-old son in a wooden cage inside a prefabricated hut next to his house in the city of Sanda was quoted by investigative sources as saying that he began confining his son when he was 16-years-old as his illness made him act violently.As of now, police have arrested the father for confining his son for a 36-hour period from 10 a.m. on Jan. 18. The timing …READ FULL ARTICLE