A young man died of caffeine intoxication. This accident is the first case who died because of caffeine in Japan.
The man had drunk some cans of energy drink which contained caffeine every day. He also took caffeine tablets. The lethal dose of caffeine is three gram for this man.
Up to now, most of Japanese do not know that caffeine could be dangerous.
This unfortunate accident showed Japanese that it is dangerous to take too much caffeine.