Former Bridgestone employee commits 'hara-kiri'

Former Bridgestone employee commits 'hara-kiri'

A former employee of Bridgestone Corp., Masaharu Nonaka, 58, is rushed to a Tokyo hospital March 23 after stabbing himself in the stomach in a ''hara-kiri'' suicide attempt outside the company president's office. Police said Nonaka complained to President Yoichiro Kaizaki about the company, before stripping to the waist shouting that he was going to commit ritual suicide. ==Kyodo

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