Japanese couple, Otou Katayama and wife, Yumi, who live with his three children have not had conversationswith each other for 20 years. Though Yumi persevered in making conversation with him but has only ever received a nod or a grunt in response for 20 years.


The silence was revealed by their 18-year-old son Yoshiki, who wrote into a TV show asking them to fix the situation as he had never heard them have a conversation.

Otou later explained that he has been giving her the cold shoulder out of jealously for the attention and care the children get.

He said on the show: 'I was kind of... jealous. I was sulking about it.

'There's no going back now I guess.'