(Not So) Fun Fact: The Killer Midwife in Japan

Fun facts about Japan

Miyuki Ishikawa was a Japanese midwife who was found to have murdered newborns to poor parents by neglect as what she “reasoned” as an “act of mercy”. Nobody knows the exact number, but it’s believed she had at least killed 103 newborns. Despite the serious crimes she committed, she only got a four-year prison sentence.

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