Sakatayama double suicide

The Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun (May 13, 1932) wrote a headline symbolizing the Sakatayama Shinjū Incident. The article reported that the two were to be buried forever in Tama Cemetery.

Sakatayama double suicide (Japanese: 坂田山心中, さかたやましんじゅう, Sakatayama Shinjū) is the 1932 double suicide incident and subsequent theft of a female corpse in Japan. This affected a number of young men and women who committed double suicide.