Japanese girl, 3, starved to death after being left alone at home for a week

Police in Japan on Tuesday arrested a woman in Tokyo on suspicion of leaving her three-year-old child alone at their home for more than a week, while spending time with her boyfriend and letting the girl starve to death, police said.Saki Kakehashi, 24, admitted to the allegations, the police said, adding they believe she had routinely neglected and abused the daughter, Noa.Backing up the suspicion, a friend of Kakehashi’s told the police, “she had left home for several days or returned late at…