Japan Group Suicides
"Group suicide victim tried to kill self a week earlier."
"In the Minano incident, police released the identities of the six victims besides the 34-year-old woman. They were a 33-year-old housewife from Saitama's Urawa-ku, a 26-year-old man from Kawasaki, and four 20-year-olds -- an unemployed woman from Saga; a male university student from Iwaki, Aomori Prefecture; an unemployed man from Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture; and a seasonal worker from Higashiosaka, in Osaka Prefecture...
... The woman from Saga had also failed to find work, and her family had reportedly seen her looking at suicide-related sites on the Internet.
Police said the man from Higashiosaka left his family on Saturday, saying, "I'm just going out," then disappeared. He had reportedly been worried after failing his university entrance examinations. He had attended a preparatory school, but dropped out and was working part time in various jobs."
Compiled from Mainichi and wire reports, Japan, Oct. 13, 2004
Many of the initial Japanese and other world newspaper and wire reports on the suicides of a group of young people, who appear to have met through online suicide web sites and chat rooms and then later met together and committed suicide in a van in Minano (Saitama Prefecture), focused on the "internet group suicide pact" aspect of this sad story. This article from the English version of The Mainichi takes more care to also emphasize the individual situations of each of these young people who died, including their worries and problems in finding work. - Timi.
"In the Minano incident, police released the identities of the six victims besides the 34-year-old woman. They were a 33-year-old housewife from Saitama's Urawa-ku, a 26-year-old man from Kawasaki, and four 20-year-olds -- an unemployed woman from Saga; a male university student from Iwaki, Aomori Prefecture; an unemployed man from Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture; and a seasonal worker from Higashiosaka, in Osaka Prefecture...
... The woman from Saga had also failed to find work, and her family had reportedly seen her looking at suicide-related sites on the Internet.
Police said the man from Higashiosaka left his family on Saturday, saying, "I'm just going out," then disappeared. He had reportedly been worried after failing his university entrance examinations. He had attended a preparatory school, but dropped out and was working part time in various jobs."
Compiled from Mainichi and wire reports, Japan, Oct. 13, 2004
Many of the initial Japanese and other world newspaper and wire reports on the suicides of a group of young people, who appear to have met through online suicide web sites and chat rooms and then later met together and committed suicide in a van in Minano (Saitama Prefecture), focused on the "internet group suicide pact" aspect of this sad story. This article from the English version of The Mainichi takes more care to also emphasize the individual situations of each of these young people who died, including their worries and problems in finding work. - Timi.
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