Japan moves toward smaller care homes in wake of Sagamihara rampage

Japan moves toward smaller care homes in wake of Sagamihara rampage

Former Miyagi Gov. Shiro Asano speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 9, 2017. Asano, who also was a welfare ministry official, commented on a mass murder of residents at a care facility for people with intellectual disabilities in July 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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