The victim's teachers spoke of the haunting evidence that suggested life at home was far from normal for the boy - who was allegedly starved and tortured whilst being held captive for 20 years ...

The boy told school officials that “he was dragged to the bathroom by his hair and his head was forced into the toilet where he was forced to drink toilet water,” per the department.

Some of the detail is too graphic to publish, but allegedly involved the boy being pressured to flush his head in the toilet, commit gross acts of indecency, drink toilet water, and lick his own ...

A 3-year-old boy who died at an apartment in Osaka Prefecture was severely scalded apparently after being doused with hot water for at least five minutes, according to investigative sources.