<p>The male student, then aged 20, at Otemon Gakuin University in Osaka prefecture, jumped from a building three years ago, leaving a note saying, "The bullying I keep getting at school...Cannot take it any more."<br /><br />The student, who was born to Indian parents and grew up in Japan, had earned Japanese citizenship, a university official said.<br /><br />Compounding the tragedy, his father, depressed about his son's suicide, later jumped to his death from the same building, according to local reports.<br /><br />"I would like to express my heartfelt apology to the bereaved family members," said university dean Masayuki Ochiai at a press conference.<br /><br />The university refused to comment on whether the abuse was racially motivated saying the specific nature of the bullying was not known.<br /><br />Local media said he had been forced to take his trousers down in front of other people and that he had been nicknamed "bin Laden".<br /><br />An independent third party panel was created in October to probe the incident after the Sankei newspaper and public broadcaster NHK reported the case.<br /><br />Japan, a country where more than 30,000 people commit suicide every year, often sees school children kill themselves, with many leaving notes referring to harsh bullying by their peers.</p>
<p>The male student, then aged 20, at Otemon Gakuin University in Osaka prefecture, jumped from a building three years ago, leaving a note saying, "The bullying I keep getting at school...Cannot take it any more."<br /><br />The student, who was born to Indian parents and grew up in Japan, had earned Japanese citizenship, a university official said.<br /><br />Compounding the tragedy, his father, depressed about his son's suicide, later jumped to his death from the same building, according to local reports.<br /><br />"I would like to express my heartfelt apology to the bereaved family members," said university dean Masayuki Ochiai at a press conference.<br /><br />The university refused to comment on whether the abuse was racially motivated saying the specific nature of the bullying was not known.<br /><br />Local media said he had been forced to take his trousers down in front of other people and that he had been nicknamed "bin Laden".<br /><br />An independent third party panel was created in October to probe the incident after the Sankei newspaper and public broadcaster NHK reported the case.<br /><br />Japan, a country where more than 30,000 people commit suicide every year, often sees school children kill themselves, with many leaving notes referring to harsh bullying by their peers.</p>