{"id":172566,"date":"2025-08-06T13:40:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172566&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-06T13:40:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:40:44","slug":"dazaifu-woman-rearrested-over-newborns-death","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/dazaifu-woman-rearrested-over-newborns-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Dazaifu Woman Rearrested Over Newborn\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 35-year-old woman in Dazaifu City has been rearrested on suspicion of killing her newborn daughter by covering her nose and mouth shortly after giving birth at her apartment on March 31. The suspect, Maki Nishi, had previously been arrested last month for allegedly abandoning the infant\u2019s body in a plastic bag. Police investigations revealed the baby showed signs of having breathed for several minutes after birth. Nishi has declined to comment during questioning. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250805\/5010029277.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172567\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fn_condominium_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dazaifu Woman Rearrested Over Newborn\u2019s Death\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fn_condominium_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fn_condominium_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fn_condominium_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fn_condominium_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 35-year-old woman in Dazaifu City has been rearrested on suspicion of killing her newborn daughter by covering her nose and mouth shortly after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172566","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-dazaifu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}