Irishman found dead on Gunma road; hit-and-run suspected
Sunday 22nd August, 12:02 PM JST
MAEBASHI —
The body of a man found early Sunday morning on a road in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture has been confirmed to be that of Alan Buckley, an English teacher from Ireland, police said.
Police said they received a call that a man was lying on National Road 254 at around 3:25 a.m. Police suspect that the 32-year-old Irishman may have been involved in a hit-and-run accident. He was not wearing any clothes and appeared to have been drinking, they said.
Buckley arrived in Japan in July 2009 and was teaching English at three primary and lower secondary schools in the city under the JET program, or the Japan Exchange and Teaching program, organized by local and central governments.