A 6-month-old boy in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, died late last month of infant botulism after his family fed him honey, according to the metropolitan government.
Metropolitan officials said it was the first death caused by infant botulism in Japan since 1986, when the government began compiling such statistics.
The officials warned that babies younger than 1 should not be given honey.
They said the Adachi boy died March 30. He developed a cough on Feb. 16, and was taken to a hospital by ambulance on Feb. 20 after going into convulsions and suffering respiratory failure. He was diagnosed Feb. 28 as having infant botulism.
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