Four people were found dead on Sunday in a parked car near Tokyo, in an apparent group suicide, Kyodo News quoted police as saying.

Police saw a burning charcoal stove in the passenger car, where three men and a woman, seemingly in their 20s or 30s, were dead. The windows of the car were sealed from the inside.

A hunter found the car on Sunday morning, which was parked in an open space near a forest road in Tokigawa, Saitama Prefecture.

The four people have yet to be identified, according to the police.

Japan has one of the highest suicide rates among wealthy countries. Earlier this month, eight people were found dead in separate suspected group suicides across Japan.

Source: Xinhua