A man with a disability was forced to live in a wooden cage on the premises of his house in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, for a long time, possibly more than 20 years, it was learned Saturday.
A man with a disability was forced to live in a wooden cage on the premises of his house in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, for a long time, possibly more than 20 years, it was learned Saturday.
No notable health damage on the 42-year-old man has been confirmed, but the city government has taken him into protective custody at a welfare facility, suspecting that he may have been abused. The Hyogo prefectural police department received a report about the man from the government in February.
