Family starves to death in Japanese apartment

Japanese police says they have discovered the emaciated bodies of an elderly couple and their adult son who apparently starved to death in their apartment north of Tokyo.

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Police say it appears the three starved to death, with the only food in the apartment a few lollies, and the only money the equivalent of a few cents.

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