Man killed by car after arguing with girlfriend over whether to break up

Tuesday 15th July, 05:34 PM JST

AICHI —

A 20-year-old man was killed Tuesday morning after being hit by a car in Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture. According to police, Shota Nakagawa had an argument with his girlfriend about breaking up. She told police that he said to her: “If you leave me, I will kill myself.”

Police believe Nakagawa then went and lay down on the road where he was hit about 12:27 a.m. He was taken to hospital but died of severe head injuries.

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romulus3 at 10:14 PM JST - 15th July

scap

immature Japanese boys who have been so spoiled by their mothers

not spoiled, ruined.
mindovermatter at 10:42 PM JST - 15th July

At Least he didn't try to kill some innocent children or push somebody in front of a train... It's terrible that he died, but it's good that he didn't try to take anybody else with him... As they are so known to do in this country...
romulus3 at 10:48 PM JST - 15th July

mindovermatter,

It's terrible that he died, but it's good that he didn't try to take anybody else with him... As they are so known to do in this country...

hmmm, the car driver could have swerved to miss him and ended up face first into a power poll. not sure where your going with that line of thought.
thepro at 11:23 PM JST - 15th July

God, what a waste. What is with these over-emotional youngsters?
vagrant at 12:39 AM JST - 16th July

One way the weak ones are sorted out. Unfortunately, this sucks for the driver and the kids family/friends.
SiouxGirl at 02:40 AM JST - 16th July

The only thing she could've done is gone into her apt and called the police as soon as he threatened to kill himself. In the U.S., the police would've arrested him. But then he would've been out of jail the next day and then what? It's not her fault he killed himself. You can't blame that on her. This rule applies to men, also, of course. Don't let her blackmail you by saying she's going to kill herself if you leave.
kokuryu at 06:57 AM JST - 16th July

Amazing... well, I guess he was too blinded and could not see that life continues onward with or without him, and doing this probably hurt his family and friends more than her. I am sure in her mind she is now doubly convinced she made the right choice to break up with him.
dany505 at 07:03 AM JST - 16th July

...dude she's not worth it.
bamboohat at 07:12 AM JST - 16th July

[3 years from now]

Boy: wow you seem really cool. I'm surprised you don't have a boyfriend....

girl: well, I did have a boyfriend, once..

boy: what happened? did you break up?

girl: Actually I broke up with him, and then he killed himself. Wanna go to a manga cafe?

boy: oh, uh, gee, look at the time, I forgot, I have to uh, um, er...
Hughgarse at 10:01 AM JST - 16th July

“If you leave me, I will kill myself.”

tuck in your skirt princess!. This guy was 20years old?? sounds like something I`d have heard as an 11 year old.
bushlover at 11:31 AM JST - 16th July

i'll award him a Darwin. Survival of the fittest. I hope she can see it that way. What a loser that uses emotional blackmail well then he deserves everything he gets and if that's a goodyear haircut then that's his problem. I hope she can go on without her blaming herself for this loser.
TheguyNextdoor at 12:45 PM JST - 16th July

“If you leave me, I will kill myself.”

What if, just what if she told police that he said what he said, but she was angry with him and pushed him into traffice claiming they were no longer together and he committed suicide. Far fetched, but @&%^ happens. That arguement didn't last too long.
Wottock_Hunt at 09:18 PM JST - 21st July

Theguynextdoor

If she'd pushed him into traffic, I'd suspect the driver who ran him over might have offered a different account of things.

This sounds like a ture loser. But to be on the safe side, some toxicology tests might not go amiss.
Wottock_Hunt at 09:18 PM JST - 21st July

Oops -that should have said "true loser"
sensei258 at 06:56 AM JST - 22nd July

Sounds like she made the right choice and he didn't.