<figure id="attachment_464062" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-464062" style="width: 1071px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="1746f93b"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/04/b09b06d947781b5d5c78d924f09f71da.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-464062" class="wp-caption-text">Suspect Takashi Honokidate caught red-handed for attempted murder of his mother</figcaption></figure>
<h2> Argument broke out over &#8220;the TV won&#8217;t turn on.</h2>
 The suspect&#8217;s face was haggard as he boarded the car to go to the prosecutor&#8217;s office, perhaps expressing regret for having caused the death of his mother.
 On the evening of April 3, the Takatsu Police Station of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police caught the suspect, Takashi Honokidate, 49, a self-proclaimed part-time worker living in the same ward, red-handed on suspicion of attempted murder of his mother, 75.
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 The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. on the same day. It was discovered that the mother had plugged the TV cable to a different place when she was talking about the TV not working at home, and that&#8217;s when the argument started. The suspect pushed the mother, knocked her to the floor, and tried to kill her by wrapping plastic and other objects around her neck.
 In April 2010 and April 2013, a neighbor called 110. In both cases, the police determined that the incidents were elder abuse. The mother evacuated to a facility after the second incident. However, she later returned to her home of her own volition,&#8221; said a reporter from a national newspaper.
 The mother was transported to the hospital, but was later confirmed dead.
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 On April 5, when the suspect came out of the Takatsu Police Station building to be sent to the police station for investigation, he looked stunned. When he noticed the press, he wrinkled his brow, closed his eyes, and looked up to the heavens with an expression that said, &#8220;Oh my God.
 The home of Park Tate, the scene of the incident, is located in a quiet residential area. It is a two-story wooden and mortar structure, not too small for two people.
 According to neighbors, the father and the suspect&#8217;s siblings used to live together, but the father passed away a few years ago, and the siblings left the house after that.
 The suspect, Park Tate, would say hello to them if they passed each other on the street, but they never had a conversation. He seemed to be working, but the window blinds were kept closed all the time. Sure, there were some oddities, but I felt incredulous when I heard that he had been reported for elder abuse.
 I had never seen or heard of the two of them fighting or arguing, so it honestly didn&#8217;t ring a bell.&#8221;
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<h2>It wears you out between parent and child.&#8221;</h2>
 Neighbors&#8217; impression is that neither the mother nor the suspect was the type to communicate with those around them. Masashi Usui, professor of social psychology at Niigata Seiryo University&#8217;s Graduate School of Social Psychology, said, &#8220;I feel there are a lot of issues involved in today&#8217;s society.
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 I feel that there are a lot of problems in today&#8217;s society. If you ask welfare and government officials, they would say, &#8220;Please evacuate such households. However, it is quite common for children to return to their homes after evacuating because they &#8220;don&#8217;t want to go to a place like an institution,&#8221; &#8220;prefer to stay in their own homes,&#8221; or &#8220;can&#8217;t break ties with their families. The same is true for children who are abused by their parents and wives who are abused by their husbands.
 In some cases, young children take care of their parents, and in other cases, children who were caring for their parents, but I feel that this case involves both sides. It was probably not a healthy family by any means.
 The suspect has relationships with those around him to the extent that he greets them, but on the other hand, that is the extent of his relationship with them. He may not have had relationships with people with whom he could talk about his problems. He was neither a hermit nor a NEET, but I felt that his social connections were thin.
 The mother also had difficulty in sending out an SOS. The government and police offered a helping hand, but not enough to build a relationship of trust. She probably returned to her home because she was afraid of abandoning it and going to the other side.
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 After this analysis, Mr. Usui continued, &#8220;Violence against parents is a stress reliever.
 They say that violence against parents is not a stress reliever. They do it in the heat of the moment, but afterward, they feel self-loathing and become increasingly stressed out. On the other hand, the person being hit loses strength and calm judgment. Both parties are worn out.
 If they had neighbors, they would have been able to escape, but that is no longer possible. The government has taken over for us. Those who can make good use of it are good, but there are those who cannot.
 The welfare administration is really trying hard. There are places where the private sector helps, but I think we are in a dilemma in that it is hard to reach those who really need it.
 The suspect stated to the police that he did not intend to kill the victim.
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 Shinji Hasuo

 A 49-year-old son was arrested in Kawasaki City on suspicion of attempted murder for attempting to kill his mother by wrapping plastic around her neck. An argument over "the TV not coming on" is said to have been the trigger. ...... We spoke to a social psychologist.

Looking to the heavens at the press&#8230; The true face of the 49-year-old son who killed his own mother in an argument over &#8220;the TV not working&#8221;.

Looking to the heavens at the press… The true face of the 49-year-old son who killed his own mother in an argument over “the TV not working”.

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