Infant dies after getting caught in bed guard; compensation ordered due to “insufficient warning”. Tokyo District Court handed down a judgment ordering the manufacturer to pay approximately 36 million yen to the family of the victim.
The Bed Guard's instructions and box state that it is intended for ages 18 months to 5 years old, and the instructions also state that It should not be used for infants. He claimed that "there is." In a ruling on the 22nd, Tokyo District court Chief Judge Koichiro Nishimura found that there were no design defects in the product.