Japan Suicide

Dozens Take Their Lives In Japan's 'Suicide Forest' Each Year

Posted 05.10.2012

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Each year in the Aokigahara Forest, dozens of people reportedly push through a dense "sea of trees" to find a place to take their lives. Those who are...

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Japan Fears Wave Of Suicides In Aftermath Of Earthquake

Posted 06.25.2011

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By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Tokyo— Naoko Sugimoto has heard the news through the nation's fledgling mental health gr...

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Japan: The Psychology Behind Dignity

Tijana Milosevic | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tijana Milosevic

I wonder whether dignity and pride, as perceived by the Japanese, might underlie seemingly disparate reactions to life hurdles.

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The Big One Hits Japan

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

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If trouble comes in multiples, that is definitely true of Japan today.

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Despite Dip, Japan Suicide Rate Still Among The World's Highest

AP | By MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO -- The number of Japanese who committed suicide declined last year, but remained above 30,000 for the 13th straight year with a sharp jump in de...

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Japanese Man Broadcasts His Suicide On The Internet

Posted 05.25.2011

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A Japanese man broadcast his own suicide live on the Internet after communicating with users who encouraged him to take his life, according to the Syd...

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Japan's Suicide Rate Rising In Economic Slump

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

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The first indications of a life that has been lost appear within a hundred yards of entering the forest. Scattered across mossy tree roots are a man's...

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Japan Suicide Gas Attack Forces Mass Evacuation

CBC/AP | Shino Yuasa | Posted 05.25.2011

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A 14-year-old Japanese girl killed herself by mixing laundry detergent with cleanser, releasing fumes that also sickened 90 people in her apartment ho...

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