Stories from Asahikawa · Japan

The Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, began its summer operations today. The zoo opening was delayed by two days due to a police investigation into a male employee arrested for corpse desecration.

Police in Asahikawa, Japan, are questioning a man in his 30s suspected of abandoning his wife's body in an incinerator at Asahiyama Zoo. The suspect, an employee at the zoo, reportedly went to work as usual on April 23 despite the investigation. Authorities are currently looking into the circumstances of the death. A male employee at Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido is undergoing voluntary questioning by authorities.