Just 4 Months Of Work In Saitama, Japan, A 22-year-old Man From Central Java Was Found Dead And Killed

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JAKARTA - An Indonesian man ended his life after working for four months in Japan.

The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (KBRI) in Tokyo confirmed the incident that occurred on August 25.

"The Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo has handled this incident since August 25, 2022", the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo wrote on its official Twitter account quoted from Antara, Friday, September 2.

The man is known to be 22 years old from Central Java and lives in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He only arrived in April 2022 to work in water pipeline construction.

The Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo confirmed that the man's body had been bathed in Islam last Thursday. "Let's pray together for the deceased to get the best place by his side", continued the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo on Twitter.

So far, the cause of the man's death is unknown.

Suicide cases are often found in Japan, even according to a study by the University of Tokyo, suicide cases increased by 8,000 cases during the pandemic from March 2020 to June 2022.

Residents aged 20 years are the largest group who committed suicide due to the pandemic as many as 1,837 cases or accounting for 30 percent of the total suicide cases in the country of Sakura.