Overview

• Police in Akita arrested Fujiyuki Shindo, 51, on suspicion of killing his father after the death was reclassified as a homicide.
• The victim, Fujiyoshi Shindo, was discovered by his wife inside their Daisen home and later pronounced dead at a hospital.
• Investigators said autopsy findings showed injuries inconsistent with an animal mauling and consistent with knife wounds.
• Authorities withdrew an earlier bear alert issued after the son initially reported a wildlife attack and seized several knives from the residence.
• Detectives have not identified the specific weapon or established a motive, and the probe continues against a backdrop of increased bear reports in the region.