TOKYO: One of Japan's best-known kabuki actors was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of assisting his mother's suicide, local media said, after both parents were found unconscious at his home last month.

TV footage showed a car apparently taking Ennosuke Ichikawa from a hospital to a police station as public broadcaster NHK and other outlets reported his arrest, citing police sources.

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