Japanese man arrested for killing his father with a chopstick

A Japanese man has admitted to fatally stabbing his father with a chopstick, according to local police.

Michikazu Ikeuchi, 51, confessed to accidentally stabbing his 80-year-old father in the throat with a 30cm-long wooden chopstick during a quarrel at their home in Osaka on Wednesday local time, officers said. 

"Ikeuchi told us he had tried to stop his parents from arguing and he did not intend to kill his father," an Osaka police official said.

"He said in his anger he waved the chopstick in front of his father but before he knew it, it got stuck in him."

Ikeuchi, who lives with his parents and his brother's family, called emergency services for an ambulance following the stabbing.