13-year-old girl jumps in front of train in Tokyo At around 7:25 AM today, a 13-year-old girl jumped in front of a Yamanote line train and died at Gotanda station in Tokyo: Her identity is not being reported, but the media says that she was a first year student at a junior high school in Tokyo. Judging by the timing of the incident, it is believed that she was probably there as part of her morning commute to school. According to police, the girl had been standing on the platform for some time before the incident. She let several trains pass, then appeared to intentionally jump in front of a train. It is strongly suspected that it was a suicide. It took about an hour for the Yamamote and Saikyo lines to resume normal operations, causing delays for the commutes of about 120,000 people. Suicides by train are not unheard of in Tokyo. Those of us who use the trains on a daily basis have often experienced delays caused by "human accidents" ( jinshin jiko ). These deaths are rarely given much media coverage. Today's incident involves a child, and because recent scandals about how bullying in schools have caused suicides, the media has given this national television coverage. It's very likely that this was the result of bullying. I hope it gets a full investigation like the other recent cases. Masa Chekov I wouldn't make that assumption. It could be caused by a lot of untreated mental illnesses. I