The 13-year prison term handed down to Yudai Funato for the fatal abuse and neglect of his 5-year-old stepdaughter, Yua, last year should provide an opportunity to review once again whether steps ...

Yudai Funato, 34, pleaded guilty to his role behind the death of his stepdaughter Yua, five, in Tokyo's Meguro ward in March last year and was jailed for 13 years. His former wife Yuri ...

During the prosecution's closing arguments before the Tokyo District Court is set to hand down its ruling on Oct. 15, the actions of the accused, Yudai Funato, 34, were described as "malicious ...

Yuri Funato, 27, had pleaded guilty to turning a blind eye to the abuse meted out by her ex-husband Yudai Funato, 34, on her five-year-old daughter Yua. In the heart-rending case, the child ...

End of story. "Yudai Funato, 35, was sentenced to 13 years in prison last October for physical abuse and neglect that led to the child's death. The sentence has been finalized." I don't know what goes ...

Yua Funato was repeatedly beaten and starved ... and her new boyfriend, 33-year-old Yudai, over a period of months. Her step-father had forced the little girl to get up at 4am each morning ...