To put an end to her life, she decided to give a 17-year-old to Japan. But he also took a 32-year-old woman by the throat.
It all happened in the city of Yokohama when the high school student jumped from a building in a busy shopping area and hit a woman passing by below. Both were taken seriously injured to the hospital and a few hours later they cooled down according to the BBC.
According to official statistics on September 1 – just before the start of the new school term – commit suicide in Japan more people under 18 than any other day. Last year 513 children took their own lives in Japan, with “school problems” cited as the most common factor.
Students who don’t want to go back to school are known as futoko, or “people who don’t go to school.” The main reasons why futoko avoid school are their family environment, problems with friends and school bullying according to a previous survey by the Ministry of Education.
In 2020 a 17-year-old jumped from the roof of a shopping mall, killing a 19-year-old student in a busy Osaka district. The boy was then charged posthumously with manslaughter, meaning his family owed compensation to the family of the victim he killed. However, the charge was dropped shortly afterwards.
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