Strange/Bizarre News from Japan

[Wally Dorian Raffles]

Although Japan is well known for it`s low crime rate, compared to other countries, there is no shortage of strange/bizarre stories in the local media. I am posting stories that are mostly from a website called Tokyo Reporter, as this is the only site that publishes the stories in English. It`s basically Japanese tabloid news, that mainstream　English media do not publish. I believe that the crimes reported are mostly commited due to the pressures of living in such a rigid society。

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Cop posed as realtor to molest woman in residence


SAITAMA (TR) – Saitama Prefectural Police have arrested a 32-year-old male police officer who posed as a real estate agent in gaining access to the residence of a woman to molest her, reports TBS News (Oct. 10).
On the night of August 26, Koji Tono, an officer for railroads, claimed to be a real estate agent in gaining access to the residence of the woman, aged in her 20s, in Minami Ward of Saitama City. Tono then allegedly fondled her body.
“I entered the residence, but I did not touch [her],” the suspect was quoted by police in partially denying the allegations.
At the time of the incident, Tono was off-duty. Afterward, the woman telephoned a male acquaintance who alerted police.
Tono became a person of interest for police after an examination of security camera footage taken in the area showed a vehicle with a license plate that could be traced to the suspect.
Katsuhiko Kondo, of the Saitama police, said, “With the act being unbecoming of an officer, it is highly regrettable. I would like to apologize to the victim and the citizens of the prefecture. The matter will be dealt with harshly.”

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...-in-residence/

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Konbini employee cleaned out till on first (and last) day at 30 stores nationwide

Between August, 2017 and October of the following year, Nojima, a resident of Shiga Prefecture, pulled swindles at 30 convenience stores in 16 administrative districts across the nation.
The total amount stolen by Nojima — from registers and safes — was about 10 million yen. In applying for the jobs, he presented a work history that included a fake name, police said.
“He’d stay at a hotel near a convenience store that he was targeting. He made inquiries by telephone or in person,” an investigator tells the tabloid.
During the interview, Nojima offered to start “work” that day. “Because he left the place so quickly, he had no real chance to interact with other employees,” the investigative source continued.
On his first day at a store, Nojima would stuff cash from the register or from a safe in a back office into the pockets of his uniform when the attention of other employees was diverted.
If the haul was big, he would insert the bills into a plastic bag from the store. After exiting the premises, he would discard his uniform.
Apprehension

After two incidents emerged in Oita, police made a wanted poster. On October 30, 2018, police received a tip from an employee at a store in Oita City about “a person resembling” the man in poster. The employee said that the person was coming to start a shift at 3:00 p.m. that same day.
Upon the arrival of Nojima, officers nabbed him at the store. Police later learned that over a 10-year period he had been arrested three times for the same crime.
According to police, Nojima’s smallest yield (50,000 yen) came from a store in Kanagawa Prefecture. Meanwhile, his largest was 1.279 million yen, from a store in Shiga.
“He was on a pace of about two or three [capers] a month,” the investigator said. “But after the Shiga job, he didn’t pull another one for about three months.”
While moving around the nation, Nojima traveled by public transportation. The defendant stayed nights at business hotels.
In addition to the aforementioned “living expenses,” the stolen money was used “on entertainment and his next crime,” the investigator said. “But he didn’t gamble or drink, so he had a sound foundation [in some ways].”

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...es-nationwide/

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Ex-yakuza accused of attempting to extort YouTuber in Shibuya

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a former member of a criminal organization over the alleged attempt to extort a YouTuber in Shibuya Ward, reports TBS News (Sept. 9).
In June, Mototaka Sakurai, 48, a former member of the Yamaguchi-gumi, intentionally bumped into a tripod belonging to the YouTuber, a male high school student, as he filmed at Hachiko Square in front of JR Shibuya Station.
“Since I hit your tripod and got hurt, it’ll cost you 50,000 yen,” Sakurai reportedly said. “However, if I wind up in the hospital it might be 200,000 or 300,000 yen.”
Mototaka Sakurai (Twitter)According to police, Sakurai was intoxicated at the time of the incident.
“I might have warned [him] loudly, but I did not ask for money,” Sakurai was quoted in denying the allegations. “I was the victim.”

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...er-in-shibuya/

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Man, 67, accused of molesting clerk at Haneda dut　free store



TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 67-year-old man over the alleged molestation of a female clerk at a duty-free store at Haneda Airport earlier this year, reports Fuji News Network (Oct. 8).
On August 11, Hiroshi Otsuki, a corporate officer, allegedly touched the chest of the woman inside the brand-name goods store while inquiring about a handbag.
“If you cannot provide a discount, I’ll need something on the house,” the suspect reportedly said while carrying out the act.
Hiroshi Otsuki (Twitter)Otsuki, who has been accused of violating a metropolitan public nuisance ordinance, admit to the allegations. “I did it as a joke,” the suspect said. “The clerk was a pretty woman, so I thought I would touch her chest.”




https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...ty-free-store/

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Saitama: Woman, 72, accused of fatally strangling daughter


SAITAMA (TR) – Saitama Prefectural Police have arrested a 72-year-old woman for fatally strangling her daughter at their residence in Asaka City, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Oct. 6).
According to the Asaka Police Station, Taeko Katsumata used a cord to fatally strangle her daughter, 48-year-old Tomoko, at the residence on Sunday morning.
Katsumata, who has been accused of murder, admits to the allegations. “I thought my daughter couldn’t survive on her own if I died first,” Katsumata was quoted by police.
A woman fatally strangled her daughter in Asaka City on Sunday (Twitter)At around 9:15 a.m. on Sunday, Katsumata called police. “I killed my daughter,” she reportedly said. Officers arriving at the residence found Tomoko lying face-up inside a room.
Katsumata and her daughter shared the residence. “I was planning a forced double suicide, but I couldn’t go through with it,” the suspect also told police


https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...ling-daughter/

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Elderly man not prosecuted over marijuana-laced chocolate

TOKYO (TR) – Prosecutors have announced the non-prosecution of an elderly man who claimed to not have known that chocolate served to participants at a dance event in Arakawa Ward earlier this year contained marijuana, reports TBS News (Oct. 8).
On March 10, seven participants at the event, held at a ward-managed hall in the Higashinippori area, became ill after consuming the chocolate.
The results of urine analyses of the persons, aged in their 50s to 80s, gave a positive result for marijuana, police said previously.
Police announced that the man, aged in his 70s, had been sent to prosecutors for violating the Cannabis Control Law in May.
On October 3, prosecutors with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the non-prosecution of the man. No reason for the non-prosecution was given.
The man denied the allegations upon being sent to prosecutors. “I bought the chocolate from the U.S. I did not know it contained marijuana,” the suspect was quoted by police. “I thought [the participants] could eat them when tired.”

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...ced-chocolate/

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Ibaraki: Woman accused of murdering son in plunge from car park

IBARAKI (TR) – Ibaraki Prefectural Police have arrested a 32-year-old woman over the killing of her son in a leap from a parking garage in Mito City earlier this year. The suspect survived the fall, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Oct. 6).
At around 10:05 a.m. on August 30, Masae Sekiya, held the boy, aged 4 months, in her arms as she leaped from the fifth floor of the garage, which is part of the Aeon Mall shopping center.
The boy suffered a fractured skull and later died. Meanwhile, Sekiya suffered a broken pelvis.
Mito City (Twitter)Police accused Sekiya of murder upon her release from the hospital on Sunday. “I wanted to to die together with my child,” the suspect was quoted by the Mito Police Station.

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...from-car-park/

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Tokyo: Accused bicycle seat thief found with 159 in residence

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 61-year-old man who admits to stealing bicycle seats in Ota Ward out of “revenge,” reports the Sankei Shimbun (Oct. 3).Thus far, police have accused Akio Hatori, a part-time worker, of stealing a seat — valued at around 1,000 yen — from a bicycle parked on a road in the Nakarokugo area at around 6:50 p.m. on August 29.
“In the summer of 2018, I had to buy another seat after mine was stolen,” Hatori told the Kamata Police Station. “I then started stealing out of revenge, trying to give others the same feeling.”

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Officers later searched Hatori’s residence in the same ward and found 159 bicycle seats.
Hatori became a person of interest in over the theft on August 29 after an examination of security camera footage. In the footage, he was seen pedaling a bicycle with several seats stuffed into the front basket.


https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...-in-residence/

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Chiba: Couple accused of killing daughter plotted murder-suicide

CHIBA (TR) – A man and his wife who have been accused of killing their 3-year-old daughter at a residence in Tateyama City plotted a murder-suicide, police said, reports TV Asahi (Oct. 2).
On Tuesday, Chiba Prefectural Police accused Kazuhiro Hayama, 51, and his wife, 40-year-old Yuko, of murdering their daughter Yui by strangulation.
“With debts making life difficult, we killed [our daughter],” one of the suspects was quoted. “I wanted all of us to die together.”
Kazuhiro Hayama, left, and his wife Yuko (Twitter)At around 3 a.m. that same day, Kazuhiro placed a call to police from a public telephone. “I strangled my daughter to death,” he reportedly said.
Officers later arriving at the residence found the body Yui face-up inside a room. The body, covered by a towel from the face to the abdomen, did not exhibit signs of external wounds, police said previously.

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...urder-suicide/

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Tokyo: Drunk man steals taxi, crashes into median

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 37-year-old company employee over the alleged theft of a taxi in Fuchu City that he later crashed, reports TBS News (Oct. 2).
On September 22, Kenta Kato fled the taxi without paying the fare of 4,780 yen. After the male driver, 61, chased him, Kato grabbed him by the chest. He then jumped behind the wheel of the vehicle.
About one kilometer away, Kato crashed the vehicle into the median of a road. After receiving treatment for injuries at a hospital, he was discharged on September 30.
Kenta Kato (Twitter)Police later accused Kato of robbery and theft. “Since I was drunk, I do not recall [the matter],” the suspect was quoted by police in denying the allegations.
Upon being escorted inside a police car, Kato was shown in news footage with a bandage on his forehead.

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The driver of the cab was not hurt, police said

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Police officer ‘looking after’ women’s toilet accused of trespassing

FUKUOKA (TR) – It wasn’t exactly a stake out.
Fukuoka Prefectural Police on Sunday arrested a 47-year-old police officer for allegedly trespassing into the women’s bathroom at a convenience store in Fukuoka City, reports Nikkan Sports (Sept. 30).
“I entered the women’s toilet in looking after it,” Takashi Atsuchi, a sergeant at the Higashi Police Station, was quoted by police in admitting to the allegations.
But that is perhaps an understatement.
In July, employees at the store, located in the Hirao area of Chuo Ward, repeatedly alerted law enforcement after an unknown person blocked the toilet with toilet paper rolls on multiple occasions, police said.
A police officer is believed to have repeatedly blocked a women’s toilet at a convenience store in Fukuoka City in July (Twitter)On Sunday morning, a staff member at the store provided police with the description of a suspicious man and the license plate of his vehicle. He had allegedly entered the toilet of the store at 9:40 a.m.
That person turned out to be Atsuchi. It is believed that he enjoyed peering into the store at the frustrated looks on the faces of women who could not use the toilet, reports Fuji News Network (Sept. 30).
“As a police officer, I would like to offer a deep apology to the citizens of the prefecture,” said Kuniya Munesugi of the Fukuoka police. “After confirming the facts in the case, we will deal with the matter strictly.”
Police are now seeking a motive for the crime.

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...f-trespassing/

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Tokyo: Accused bicycle seat thief found with 159 in residence

Only in Japan

[Latindancer]

The authorities don't seem to have the same kind of punishment mentality there as they do in the West.

I've heard (from a Japanese) that if a person confesses and seems contrite, often they get let off.

But for hard core criminals, they get hard labour which involves sewing all day at a machine, and not being allowed to talk. I'm not sure how strongly this is enforced or how brutal the guards are.

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Tokyo: Accused women’s underwear thief found with (only) 78 pairs

TOKYO (TR) – When it comes to the theft of women’s underwear, the haul of Yuki Endo could be one of the lowest on record.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Friday announced the arrest of Endo, a 35-year-old company employee, over the alleged theft of two pairs of underwear from a woman, aged in her 20s, in Machida City on September 5, reports TBS News (Sept 27).
“I stole to satisfy my sexual desire and garner thrills,” the suspect was quoted by police. “I have an interest in women’s buttocks. But I only steal underwear.”
Yuki Endo (Twitter)Over the past two years, police have received reports of similar thefts in Machida and nearby Sagamihara City.
A search of the residence of the suspect revealed 78 pairs of women’s underwear, police said.
Other hauls by suspects recorded this year thus far have numbered 200, 1,100, 400 and 330, rendering the output of Edo rather meager.


https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...only-78-pairs/

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Man admits slamming into women who walk and use smartphones



TOKYO (TR) – There are warnings — and then there are warnings.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 49-year-old man who has admitted to slamming into multiple women he has seen walking while using their smartphones to “warn them,” reports Jiji Press (Sept. 26).
At around 8:50 a.m. on June 25, Yoshiyuki Kiuchi, a company employee, allegedly rammed his body into a woman, 34, as she used her smartphone while walking along a platform for the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line at Nijubashimae Station.
The woman suffered injuries to her right elbow and chest that required three weeks to heal, the Marunouchi Police Station said.
Yoshiyuki Kiuchi (Twitter)Kiuchi, who has been accused of inflicting injury, admits to the allegations. “Two years ago, I slammed into another woman who was walking and using her smartphone,” Kiuchi was quoted. “She went tumbling down the stairs. Since it is dangerous, I slam into [persons] to warn them about once every three days.”
Kiuchi, a resident of Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, surfaced as a person of interest after an examination of security camera footage.
Police are aware of two other cases that took place at the same station earlier this year. On the morning of June 7, a woman in her 30s suffered at least one broken bone in a similar incident. Then, on the morning of September 11, a woman in her 50s experienced a wound to her head.


https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...e-smartphones/

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^Fair enough..

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Nagano: Brothers not prosecuted for living with corpse of father

NAGANO (TR) – Prosecutors have announced the non-prosecution of two brothers for allegedly living with the corpse of their father at their residence in Nagano City earlier this year, reports Nippon News Network (Sept. 20).
On August 30, officers working off a tip entered the residence, located in the Kawanakajimamachi area, and found the body of the 59-year-old man.
The following day, police accused Junya Nagata, a 31-year-old part-time employee, and his brother, 29, of abandoning a corpse.
“I didn’t know what was the best thing to do when my father died,” one of the suspects was quoted by police.
On Friday, prosecutors from the Nagano District Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the non-prosecution of the brothers. No reason for the non-prosecution was given.
In the middle of August, a representative of the father’s place of work contacted the district welfare office to report that he had not arrived at work recently.
A representative from the office and the city then visited the residence. However, they were unable to contact anyone.
On the morning of the day of the discovery, they returned and observed a foul smell. While checking inside, they discovered the corpse.

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...pse-of-father/

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Carpenter ‘irritated after pachinko loss’ attempted to rape high school girl

KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 44-year-old male carpenter over the alleged attempted rape of a high school girl in Yokohama City’s Konan Ward earlier this year, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Sept. 17).
At around 8:45 a.m. on July 10, Chikara Maeda allegedly trespassed into the apartment of the girl, then 15, through the second-floor balcony and covered her eyes and nose. “If you make noise, I’ll kill you,” he reportedly threatened.
After the girl resisted the attack, Maeda fled the scene. The girl was not hurt in the incident, police said.
Maeda (Twitter)Maeda, who has been accused of attempted coerced intercourse, admits to the allegations. “On that day, I was irritated after losing at pachinko,” Maeda was quoted by police. “So I entered the residence for the purpose of sex.”
Prior to the incident, Maeda searched for women riding inside vehicles before spotting the girl out walking. He then followed her home, where she was alone.
Maeda became a person of interest in the case after an examination of security camera footage, police said.https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...h-school-girl/

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Oita: Girl, 12, plunges to death from apartment in apparent suicide

OITA (TR) – Oita Prefectural Police have launched an investigation after a middle school girl plunged to her death from an apartment building in Oita City on Monday in an apparent suicide, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Sept. 16).
At around 7:15 p.m., a resident of the building, located in the Senzai area, tipped off police after finding the girl, 12, collapsed in an adjacent parking lot.
The girl was later transported to a hospital where she was confirmed dead at around 8:40 p.m., the Oita-Chuo Police Station said.
A girl plunged to her death in Oita City in Monday (Twitter)The girl lived in another unspecified location in the city, police said.
Based on security camera footage and other evidence at the scene, police suspect that the girl took her life by intentionally leaping from the building.

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/...arent-suicide/

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Shiga: Man accused of clipping hair of woman on overnight bus

SHIGA (TR) – Shiga Prefectural Police last week arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly cutting the hair of a female passenger on an overnight bus traveling between Fukuoka and Hyogo prefectures, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Sept. 10).
At some point between 11 p.m. on September 8 and early the following morning, the suspect, a company employee living in Aichi Prefecture, allegedly clipped a clump of hair the measuring 20 centimeters in length from the head of the woman, a 31-year-old nurse living in Nagoya, inside the bus.
The suspect, who was arrested on suspicion of assault on September 9, admits to the allegations. “The woman had the type of hair I like,” the suspect was quoted by the Koka Police Station.
According to police, the suspect was seated behind the woman on the bus, which was bound for a rest area in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo.
After the woman fell asleep, the suspect allegedly used a pair of scissors to clip off her hair on three occasions. He then placed the locks inside a plastic bag.
After noticing that her hair had been cut, the woman notified the driver. The bus company then tipped off police.
Shiga police arrested the suspect when the bus arrived at a service area in Koka City, Shiga.

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/...overnight-bus/

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Saitama: Woman who ‘hated being alive’ stabs her two daughters

SAITAMA (TR) – Saitama Prefectural Police last week arrested a 36-year-old woman for allegedly stabbing her two young daughters at their residence in the town of Matsubushi, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Sept. 6).
At around 7:30 a.m. on September 6, Junna Fukazawa, of no known occupation, allegedly used a knife to stab the girls, aged 3 and 4, in their upper bodies.
The girls were transported to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, police said.
Fukazawa, who has been accused of attempted murder, admits to the allegations. “It got to where I hated being alive,” she was quoted by police. “I thought that I couldn’t provide the life that my children wanted in the future.”
A woman stabbed her young daughters in the town of Matsubushi on September 6 (Twitter)According to police, the incident took place after her husband, also 36, left the residence for work. Later, the suspect’s mother-in-law tipped off police when she arrived to take the girls to daycare.
The three-year-old girl, her body covered in blood, was found descending a staircase. Meanwhile, the other daughter was collapsed face-up inside a room on the second floor.
Fukazawa, her clothing also covered in blood, was found in another room on the second floor. She was unharmed, police said.

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-...two-daughters/

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Hyogo: Woman fatally stabs daughter, attempts suicide


HYOGO (TR) – Hyogo Prefectural Police believe that a 43-year-old woman fatally stabbed her 7-year-old daughter after attempting to take her own life at their home in the town of Inagawa on Sunday morning, reports the Yomiuri Shimbun (Sept. 9).
At around 4 a.m., the husband of the woman alerted emergency services. Officers arriving at the residence found the Juri Iwamura, 7, collapsed and bleeding from the neck and abdomen on the second floor.
The girl was confirmed dead about 60 minutes later at a hospital, the Kawanishi Police Station said.
The woman was found unconscious next to her daughter with a stab wound to the abdomen. Emergency personnel asked her upon being transported to the hospital, “Did you stab your daughter?” She then nodded her head in the affirmative.
A woman fatally stabbed her daughter at their residence in town of Inagawa on Sunday (Twitter)At the time of the incident, the husband was on the first floor with the couple’s 10-year-old son. After the son heard the incident unfolding, he woke his father.
Officers retrieved a blood-stained knife from the residence. There were no signs that the interior of the residence had been ransacked, police said.
Police plan to question the woman about the incident after she recovers from her injuries.

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-...empts-suicide/

[Wally Dorian Raffles]

The authorities don't seem to have the same kind of punishment mentality there as they do in the West.

I've heard (from a Japanese) that if a person confesses and seems contrite, often they get let off.

But for hard core criminals, they get hard labour which involves sewing all day at a machine, and not being allowed to talk. I'm not sure how strongly this is enforced or how brutal the guards are.

There is something like a 99% conviction rate once the police decide to prosecute you, but yes, if you say sorry and bow deeply they will often drop the charges if it is not a serious matter.

And yes, apparently its very hard time if you end up on the slammer. They either make you work, or have you sit on the floor japanese style in a one meter square room, and you are not allowed to speak or make eye contact or you will be beaten with a stick.

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Boy, 15, plunges to death in apparent suicide; tried to take his life 3 other times

SAITAMA (TR) – Tatsunosuke Komatsuda, who was repeatedly bullied while a middle school student in Kawaguchi City, was left with a severe leg injury after a suicide attempt, his third, in 2017.
On Sunday, the 15-year-old died in a fatal plunge from an apartment building. The city’s board of education revealed on Monday that it is seeking to confirm whether his death was in fact the result of a suicide, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Sept. 9).
According to the Kawaguchi City Board of Education, Komatsuda entered the middle school in April, 2016. The following month, he began being bullied by elder students and members of the soccer team.
On two occasions in September and October of that year, Komatsuda attempted suicide by hanging at his residence. The following April, he leaped from a building near his residence, causing fractures to his skull.
Prior to the three attempts to take his life, Komatsuda wrote a letter to a teacher in which he sought “help.” However, the teacher dismissed the request, the board said in a previous announcement last year.
Tatsunosuke Komatsuda (Twitter)Bullying recognized

After the third suicide attempt, Komatsuda stopped attending class. Then school then acknowledged that he was being bullied.
In November, the board of education commissioned a third-party investigation to determine whether the boy was bullied. It was later suspended after he did not provide reasonable responses to queries.
In February of last year, Komatsuda returned to school in a wheelchair, the result of injuries sustained in the third suicide attempt. Several months later, the investigation was resumed after he became cooperative.
After the investigation was concluded, the results were not provided to the family.
“The bullying while [he] was a middle school student and the lies of the board of education are something that I cannot get out of my head,” a relative of the boy told the Tokyo Shimbun. “It is regrettable.”
Staying at his grandparents

On Saturday, Komatsuda, who graduated from the school this past March, was staying at the apartment of his grandparents in Kawaguchi, the family told the Tokyo Shimbun.
That night, he went missing. At around 1:00 a.m. the following morning, he was found collapsed on the premises of the apartment building. He was later confirmed dead. He is believed to have jumped to his death from the top floor of the building.
His mother later found a note in his room at their residence. “The board of education are liars,” it read. “They protected the bullies. So, from now, it is goodbye.”


https://www.tokyoreporter.com/educat...3-other-times/

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Tochigi: Man, 54, lived with corpse of motherTOCHIGI

(TR) – Tochigi Prefectural Police have arrested a 54-year-old man in Utsunomiya City after he was found to be living with the corpse of his mother, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Sept. 8).
According to police, Toshiaki Nakagawa, of no known occupation, lived with the body of his mother, 87-year-old Kimiyo, at their residence, located in the Imaizumicho area, between early August and Friday.
Nakagawa, who was arrested on suspicion of abandoning a corpse on Saturday, admits to the allegations. “After my mother died on August 5, I didn’t have money to cover the expense for burial. So left her as is,” the suspect was quoted by the Utsunomiya-Higashi Police Station.
The corpse of an 87-year-old woman was found inside her residence in Utsunomiya City on Friday (Twitter)On Friday morning, an agent for the residence tipped off police, saying that they were unable to contact the occupants. “There’s a foul smell coming from inside, and I’d like to take a look,” the agent reportedly said.
Officers arriving at the scene found the body inside one of the rooms. The results of a DNA analysis later conducted on the body proved to be a match for Kimiyo.

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-...pse-of-mother/