A 23-year-old woman was killed after a man fell from a 12-storey apartment building in central Nagoya early on Sunday, landing on her as she walked past, local media reported.
The incident occurred around 1am in the city's bustling Sakae district. The victim, Tomoki Inaba, a restaurant worker, was walking with a female friend when the man fell and struck her. Both were found lying in pools of blood.
Inaba was taken to hospital but died around 5.30am from haemorrhagic shock. The man, 29-year-old Shigemasa Taguchi, remains in a critical coma with severe head and chest injuries. Police said he was not a resident of the building and no suicide note was found.
Investigators are examining the building floor by floor to determine the cause of his fall.
