The Japanese Concept of “Ubasute”

The Japanese term “ubasute” (pronounced "ooh-bah-suu-tay") refers to “taking a person into the forest to leave them to die” and is a practice in Japan which has been done to the elderly, sick, mentally ill, and disabled (eg. blind) during difficult times when food resources have been scarce...


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