Japan’s Suicide Rate
13-05-2008
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The latest issue of the Economist has an article focusing on Japan’s high suicide rate, which includes the following graph*: The author of the article mentions financial trouble and unemployment as major causes of suicide, but also blames an unforgiving culture: Japan has one of the highest suicide rates among rich countries. Cultural factors are partly at [...]
The latest issue of the Economist has an article focusing on Japan’s high suicide rate, which includes the following graph*: The author of the article mentions financial trouble and unemployment as major causes of suicide, but also blames an unforgiving culture: Japan has one of the highest suicide rates among rich countries. Cultural factors are partly at [...]
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