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Why Japanese elderly stealing?

Tokyo, Feb 18 (UNI) Last month the BBC reported on the increase in the numbers of elderly Japanese being imprisoned.
The biggest spike is among elderly women. One 68-year-old serving her fifth jail term - this time for stealing fruit - tells 100 Women why she did it.
I was jailed for the first time when I was 53 years old. I think I stole a bag. My prison term this time is two years. It's not that I'm shoplifting all the time - I steal when I feel cornered. The first time I did it because there were tensions at home. One of my children wasn't going to school and I was feeling annoyed.

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