"How much will it cost?" That's the first question the parents asked when they heard about their daughter's suicide.

*This article is a partial re-editing of Akiko Otagaki's Real Estate Incidents (Poplar Shinsho).

Photo = iStock.com / DedMityay * The photo is an image See all images (3 photos) It will increase,” I intuitively thought. For that reason, I posted a video that said, "Communicate with the tenants," as a warning to the landlord. That was March 6th. At that time, I could not even imagine that the number of suicides would increase in the future.

However, on May 2nd, during the declaration of a state of emergency. For the first time, I received a call from the person in charge of the management company that a resident had committed suicide. It was during Golden Week, when there are usually many people traveling.

Mr. Tsuyoshi Ando of the management company was very flustered. "Hanging, hanging. What should I do?"

My voice trembled a little and I could see the confusion on the other end of the phone.

For Ms. Ando, ​​who has been working as a manager for three years, it is her first experience with a resident committing suicide.

When I got a call from my family saying, "I can't get in touch with my daughter," I went into the room with my parents who rushed over, and found a completely changed figure.

Shortly after calling the police, they called me without knowing what to do.

That's my first impression that I'm in trouble.

At this time, I still didn't think that I would never stop committing suicide.

Why did you think you were in trouble?

From my point of view, as an agent for the landlord, the damage the landlord receives is too great if he commits suicide.

One is the loss of having become an accident property.

The other is the problem that the cancellation procedure is difficult.