
"I don't think (my boyfriend) was aware of what I did. I brought the buckets to my current residence with my other belongings when I moved. "I felt I would not be able to raise the children that I gave birth to, so I placed them in buckets and poured in cement. "There was no one I could talk to about my conscience and I thought about killing myself. "But I couldn't commit suicide and leave my son who I live with behind."
She was charged with abandoning bodies a day after she turned herself in at the police station. In Japan criminal charges are often added as an investigation progresses. Although Japan is the world's third-largest economy, poverty remains a problem, especially among women. Mums often struggle to get affordable daycare and mental health support.
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