suicide

A guide for those who wish to follow their samurai lord unto the netherworld.

The number of people who committed suicide in Japan has exceeded 30,000 for 12 years in a row, the National Police Agency said.

On average, 90 suicides took place per day, which suggests that nearly 1,000 people were on the brink of suicide on any given day of the year, experts said.

At first, I thought it was simply jealousy. After all, all of the teachers aside from Takahashi-san are well over 40 and some over 50, while Takahashi was 23, fresh from university, young, cute, and to kick them all while they were down, she’s been blessed / cursed with bountiful breast; and she favors tight-fitting cleavage-accentuating sweaters. At least she used to.

Major train stations in Tokyo are being equipped with blue LED lights in the hopes of preventing people from jumping in front of moving trains.... here's what commuters had to say

The Fukuoka District Court's Kokura branch drew a clear link between corporal punishment and the suicide of Takumi Nagai, who was 11 when he took his own life at home on March 16, 2006.

See the blue lights on the platform and a crossing! Feeling calm now?

Feeling blue? Japan's railways and subways have come up with a bright idea to reduce the number of suicides at train stations: eerie blue LED lighting that supposedly has a calming effect on suicidal psyches.

China has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, particularly among rural women, an expert on suicide prevention said Monday.

Yang Fude, vice-president of Beijing Hui Long Guan Hospital, said China is the only country where suicides among women outnumber men.

When I lived in the Japan Alps (1994-02) I met many younger people trying to live this kind of live style. Part time farming and craftwork or art work like painting. People who had tired of the constant financial struggle of living in Tokyo. Some were succeeding while others had a struggle of it.

The economic slump and subsequent job losses have driven more young Japanese to commit suicide, with a record number of victims in their 30s, police said Thursday.

A suicide technique that mixes household chemicals to produce a deadly hydrogen sulfide gas became a grisly fad in Japan last year. Now it's slowly seeping into the United States over the internet, according to emergency workers, who are alarmed at the potential for innocent causalities.

The number of suicides in Japan has topped the 30,000 mark for the eleventh year in a row, with the official tally of of people who opted to go to that karaoke bar in the sky hitting 32,000 in 2008. This number is slightly higher than the actual number of suicides in the U.S., despite the fact that America has more than double the population here...

Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) has decided to release figures on the number of suicides each month as part of measures to prevent people taking their own lives. Statistics describing the motives and causes for taking their own lives will be released on a yearly basis every June.

The agricultural firm made the payment after the 33-year-old worker killed himself four years ago after becoming depressed due to his growing workload.

A judge at Kushiro District Court on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido ruled the co-operative failed to fulfil its duty to ensure workplace safety and prevent his death.

A 14-year-old school girl committed suicide last October after being bullied by her classmates on the Internet in Saitama City, the prefectural education board revealed Monday. According to officials of the education board, the girl hanged herself at her house on the morning of Oct 10.