Mainichi: Father of schoolgirl suicide victim says daughter was teased about mom's nationality
A man who says his 12-year-old daughter's suicide was triggered by bullying at school has told the Mainichi that his wife's Filipino nationality may have been one of the reasons for the bullying. Ryuji Uemura, 50, made the comment on the possible cause of the bullying of his daughter Akiko, who committed suicide in Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture, in an interview with the Mainichi on Oct. 26. "I think the fact that her mother was a Filipino was also one of the causes of the bullying," he said. Uemura said that when his daughter was in the fifth grade in 2009, her 41-year-old mother went to her school for a class observation day for the first time. At the time Akiko's classmates teased her about her mother's appearance, and after that she started to be bullied...more...