Doctor Yuichi Okubo convicted for murder and euthanasia cases: Shocking revelations in trial testimony

Defendant Yuichi Okubo (from blog)

In March 2011, he killed his acquaintance’s father, a former doctor (77 at the time), and in November 2019, at the request of a female patient (51 at the time) with the incurable disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The sentencing hearing in the jury trial of Yoshikazu Okubo (45), a doctor who was accused of murder and murder on commission, was held on March 5th at the Kyoto District Court, where he was sentenced to 18 years in prison. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison.

[Memo]“Murder manual” disguised as “euthanasia”

AERA dot. interviewed Naoki Yamamoto (46), a former doctor who co-conspirated in the two murders, at the Osaka Detention Center and asked him about Okubo’s bizarre obsession with “euthanasia.”

According to the verdict, in March 2011, Okubo conspired with Yamamoto and others to have Yamamoto’s father discharged from a hospital in Nagano Prefecture, move him to an apartment in Tokyo, and then kill him in some way. . In November 2019, he visited the apartment of a female ALS patient in Kyoto and, at the woman’s request, injected a drug into her gastric fistula, which supplies nutrients directly to her stomach, killing her due to acute drug poisoning. .

Yamamoto, who was involved in two cases in collusion with Okubo, was sentenced to two years and six months in prison in the case involving a female ALS patient, and is currently appealing the sentence. In his father’s case, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison, and on March 6, the Osaka High Court dismissed his appeal.

Defendant Yamamoto has been using AERA dot. multiple times at Osaka Detention Center. In response to the interview, he talked about his thoughts on defendant Okubo’s euthanasia and the situation at the time of the crime.

Similarities with “Doctor Kiriko”

“As I said when I appeared as a witness in Okubo’s trial, Okubo has two sides: “a former government official and good doctor” and “gentleman,” and “a murderer” wearing a mask. Yes, I may be the only one who knows that.”

Defendant Yamamoto began speaking quietly.

Okubo testified in court that “Dr. Kiriko,” a doctor who promotes euthanasia from Osamu Tezuka’s manga “Black Jack,” “resonates with me.”

“We provide relief to patients whose pain cannot be alleviated even with the power of medicine. I think this is an explanation for those for whom no matter what we do, there is nothing we can do, or for those for whom there is nothing that medical care can do.”

With these words, he appealed for the legitimacy of euthanasia for female patients. On the other hand, she also said that she was “longing for” the TV drama “Dr. Koto Clinic,” which contributes to local medical care, suggesting a dual nature.

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Noriyuki Imanishi

Journalist born in Osaka. He is based in Osaka and handles reporting for weekly and monthly magazines. He has been a reporter for Weekly Asahi for over 30 years. He broadcasts a wide range of news regardless of genre, centering on politics and society.

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