TOKYO, Oct 15 (NHK) –
Japan’s government has adopted a new set of suicide prevention guidelines that include more support for women.
Japan’s government has adopted a new set of suicide prevention guidelines that include more support for women.
The new guidelines approved by the Cabinet on Friday say the overall number of suicides has been declining. But they also say the issue remains urgent, as more than 20,000 people in Japan take their own lives each year.
The guidelines note that the number of women who kill themselves has been on the rise since 2020. The coronavirus pandemic is cited as a factor behind the trend.
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Oct 15 (ANNnewsCH) – 去年1年間で自殺をした人はおよそ2万1000人で、全体では前の年よりも減りましたが、女性は2年連続で増えました。 …continue reading
3 Disturbing Unsolved Mysteries from Japan
Lazy Masquerade – Oct 19
The Noyama Incident: Keiko and Nako left their bicycles at the foot of the mountain and walked up the pathway arriving sometime around noon. Neither of them would ever come back down alive.
Foreign workers shun Japan as yen’s value plunges
Nikkei – Oct 17
The yen’s sharp drop against the dollar and other currencies is making Japan less attractive to foreign workers, at a time when the average wage of Japanese workers in dollar terms has fallen 40% over the past decade.
Nomura is teaching Japan high school kids how to invest
Bloomberg – Oct 07
In the world’s third biggest economy, public skepticism toward financial investing has become so entrenched that investment bank Nomura Holdings Inc. is teaching economic basics in high schools to win over the next generation.
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