Father of woman struck by man who jumped from building seeks murder charge

Kenji Inaba observes pedestrian traffic in the early hours of Oct. 17 at a site in Nagoya where his daughter was struck in July by a man who jumped from an apartment building. | JIJI

JIJI

Oct 26, 2026

The father of a 23-year-old woman who died in July after being struck by a man who jumped from an apartment building in Nagoya is campaigning for prosecutors to charge the man — who survived — with murder.

Kenji Inaba, 50, of Watarai, Mie Prefecture, says that the 29-year-old man, who was arrested on suspicion of causing death through gross negligence, should be charged with murder based on “dolus eventualis” — the legal concept of recklessness in which a person recognizes the possibility of causing another person’s death but proceeds anyway.

Inaba argues that the man must have been aware of the danger his actions posed to others.

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