European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday december 20, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 13 japanese list of boy Oins victims Tokyo a a 10-year-old boy hanged himself in his Home in Eastern Japan police said monday. It was the lat est in a recent rash of similar youth suicides. I want to go to a different life because i m sick of this one said a note found in the room where his Mother found him hanging by an electric Cord police said. They said he was pronounced dead sunday at a Hospital near his Home in Kamin Okawa Ibaraki prefecture stat about 75 Miles North of Tokyo police said. ". Local police who read the note did not release the boy s name and said they did t know yet whether he had killed himself because of bullying at school which has been the motivation behind at least three of five similar youth suicides in Japan in the past month. The string of suicides has been a top Story in newscasts and television talk shows As Japan tries to come to grips with bullying and its causes. Children in Japan s highly regimented educational sys tem spend most of their teen age years under intense pressure to fit in at school and to pass a series of Tough tests that culminate in University Entrance exams. Last year 113 teen agers killed them selves to escape school related problems according to the National police Agency. The Agency said Japan s Overall suicide rate has topped 20,000 for the past three years. /. V a total of 23,258 cases of bullying were reported in Public schools in 1992, up from 22,062 the year before according to the ministry. But teachers have said Many of the problems go unreported hushed up either by the victims or school administrations that Don t want bad publicity. The Cabinet of prime minister Tomii Chi Mur Ayania has publicly discussed ways to Stem the Rise in cases of pupils tormenting classmates they consider mis fits. V to show helps Lead cd rape suspect Toronto a an alleged rapist wanted in two states landed in a Toronto jail cell after police tracked him Down using a profile on the America s most wanted television show. Timothy Peay 32 was arrested sat urday in the apartment he shared with a Girlfriend detective Steve Mcateer of the Toronto police said sunday. Peay is wanted for two rapes of College students in Chico calif., and he faces rape and child molestation charges in Buffalo n.y., Mcateer said. Peay entered Canada about two months ago and was working at an adult video store the detective said. He came to their attention after Amer Ica s most wanted profiled Peay in a nov. 12 broadcast. Mcateer said Peay fled California last july after being released on bail set at $1 million. 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