Hisayasu Nagata
Sunday 04th January, 03:06 PM JST
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some14some at 07:59 PM JST - 4th January
RIP, this death count will appear in suicide statistic for the year 2009 :(
japantodayradio_com at 08:02 PM JST - 4th January
How can an e-mail be fake ?
buddha4brains at 08:14 PM JST - 4th January
I agree with bobbafett that he lost face and never recovered. That email mistake almost destroyed a party which virtually guarrenteed isolation from his peers. I can easily imagine the loss of face was buttressed against some good ol' fashioned ijime.
Speed at 08:37 PM JST - 4th January
I stand by what I wrote. Recently, a large number of people in power (politicians, teachers, etc.) giving the youth of this society the idea that it's okay to just off yourself when something goes wrong is something I disagree with.
If this man had poisoned people and or caused death, I can understand him committing suicide, but he lost his position as a government minister for defamation with a false email account and causing embarrassment to his political party - that is all.
I don't want my child (nor any youngster) growing up thinking that suicidal behavior is an acceptable response (in my opinion) to his moderate hardship.
I really feel that the men of Japan are getting weaker emotionally and have lost a lot of the backbone that the prior generation used to have.
samsarks at 09:51 PM JST - 4th January
speed-i cant agree with you more on this.people have lost sense of responsibility in japan.what will happen if japanese were poor n could nt afford 3 square neals a day.he is a disgrace to society especially the university he graduated from.to hell you go.---sayonara
GG2141 at 10:47 PM JST - 4th January
Ah, the good old 1.8l bottle of shochu, it holds the answers to most of lifes' questions.
lordomni at 01:11 AM JST - 5th January
Eh, I wonder if he was indeed responsible.
gamera at 03:27 AM JST - 5th January
I love Fukuoka...then crazy stuff like this happens.
8iamhappy8 at 06:34 AM JST - 5th January
It seems to me that not just for the Japanese, but most Asians in general, saving face is more important.
buddha4brains at 07:35 AM JST - 5th January
Nah, in the West we call it passing the buck.
shiuu at 08:57 AM JST - 5th January
That. Settles. That.
roppongidaisuki at 12:57 PM JST - 5th January
This is beyond belief really.Rich,well educated,relatively good looking(my g-friends thoughts not mine!)No gratitude.No love for his family or friends.If in fact he really jumped...... I am with bobbafett who suspects foul play.What happened the first time in November? Did he land in a tree or something? I am usuallly flying(sorry bad choice of words) after my first 1.8.Its not till the next day that I feel like shit. Something wrong about all this
spudman at 05:08 PM JST - 5th January
what a waste of an education. Yakuza conspiracies be gone. The guy was trying to top himself and it was a case of try and try again. 30,000 a year and even the leaders of he nation use it as a way out. Odd that Asians see no shame in a suicide.
usaexpat at 12:06 AM JST - 6th January
I agree with others that Nagata lost face and lost his power, influence and job leaving him...... apparently not enough to see living as valuable.
telecasterplayer at 03:30 AM JST - 6th January
"convalescing" from what? he attempted suicide while "convalescing"? So, is there some sort of medical issue in here? "End of career at a young age", plus "unnamed medical issue" equals "the h*ll with this"?
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