A man in his 20s Hiroshima Otake is found dead in a river March 15 20:22
In the early morning of the 15th, a man in his 20s lost his place in a river in Otake City, Hiroshima Prefecture, and was later found dead in a river downstream. Police are examining the details of how the man died, saying that the man was visiting the river at midnight with six men and women.
Shortly after 1:00 a.m. on the 15th, police reported that Shoji Tominaga (29), a company employee at Saijo Central in Higashihiroshima City, who was visiting Kosegawa in Kuriya-cho, Otake City, was missing.
A search by police and firefighters found a man sunk to the bottom of the river, shortly after 7 am, about 20 meters downstream of the missing place, and was identified with Tominaga.
According to the police, Mr. Tominaga visited the river with five men and women at midnight, and when he talked to a person who was at the scene, he said that he was a friend of the "training circle."
Police will investigate the circumstances of the body and listen to the story of a person visiting the river together to find out more about the details of the man's death.