THE STORY: Yasako, a young Japanese mother, struggles to adapt to the very foreign culture of the United States. Feeling hopeless after discovering her husband's infidelity, Yasako feels that oyako shinju, or parent-child suicide, is her onl
Another notable portrayal of infanticide in China was published by the Australian journalist George Ernest Morrison (1862–1920). In 1894 Morrison traveled 1,500 miles up the Yangzi River and then another 1,500 miles overland through ...