Body of man found in Tokyo home in suspected suicide by hunting gun

Police gather in the vicinity of a residence in Tokyo where the body of a man who is suspected to have committed suicide with a hunting gun was found on July 15, 2025. (Kyodo)

TOKYO (Kyodo) — The body of a man who died in a suspected suicide was found in his Tokyo home on Tuesday evening, after police hours earlier received a call from someone saying they intended to use a hunting gun to end their life.

The Metropolitan Police Department briefly restricted access to the vicinity of the residence in the Japanese capital’s Adachi Ward and urged neighbors not to leave their homes.

Investigators found the body of the man, believed to be that of the sole resident of the home, at around 6:55 p.m. The call was made from there around 2:45 p.m., with the caller saying, “I am thinking of dying. I have a hunting gun.”

The man, in his 70s, possessed a gun permit.

The residence is located some 300 meters from Minumadai-Shinsuikoen Station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner train line.