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A 14-year-old boy fell to his death from the 5th floor of the apartment building in which he lives in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Tuesday, police said.
Police said they received a call at about 7 a.m. from a resident in the apartment building, reporting that a boy's body was lying on the roof to the lobby entrance, TBS reported. The boy was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later, police said.
Police believe the boy committed suicide but have not released any other details yet.
© Japan Today
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gogogo
Where were the parents? They didn't even notice he was missing?
brknarm
gogogo: maybe they were sleeping or thought he was sleeping (spring break). what difference does it make, he's 14 yrs old and doesn't need a babysitter, let alone his parents watching his every move.
Disillusioned
Another teenage jumper! It ties on well with the article from a few weeks ago about the problems in the Japanese education system. I can guarantee this kid was failing at school and copping 'ijime' from his school mates and/or teachers. Poor kid! Japan is a country of 130 million strangers!
WilliB
Sounds like another bullying case, but probably nobody will ever know for sure.
tmarie
I can guarantee this kid was failing at school and copping 'ijime' from his school mates and/or teachers
Laughable. You have no idea what the situation is. Pure speculation on your part.