The Japanese couple’s silence was revealed by their 18-year-old son Yoshiki, who wrote to a TV show asking them to fix the situation as he had never heard them have a conversation.
Sure enough, a meeting was arranged between them in the park where they had their first date, as their emotional children watched on.
Otou later explained that he has been giving her the cold shoulder out of jealousy for the attention and care the children get.
“‘I was kind of… jealous. I was sulking about it,” Otou said.