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"Sweet Potatoes Were a Delicacy Back then." A 32-Year-Old Mother Who Didn't Face Ostracism Even After Her 17-Year-Old Daughter Was Made Into a Meat Stew (An Incident From 1945)

In the autumn of 1945, a "stepchild murder and cannibalism case" was uncovered in a rural village in Gunma Prefecture. Ryū, a 32-year-old stepmother, killed her 17-year-old stepdaughter, Tora, out of extreme hunger, boiled her body in a pot, and fed it to her children. From the perspective of today's affluent society, this is an incredibly shocking case…
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In the autumn of 1945, a "stepchild murder and cannibalism case" was uncovered in a rural village in Gunma Prefecture. Ryū, a 32-year-old stepmother, killed her 17-year-old stepdaughter, Tora, out of extreme hunger, boiled her body in a pot, and fed it to her children. From the perspective of today's affluent society, this is an incredibly shocking case…

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文春オンライン broke the news on Friday, October 23, 2026.
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