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Japan is the only G7 country where suicide is the leading cause of death for teenagers and records more suicides by minors on 1 September than on any other day in the calendar year. At least 513 ...
In Japan, suicide (自殺, jisatsu) is considered a major social issue. [2] [3] In 2017, the country had the seventh highest suicide rate in the OECD, at 14.9 per 100,000 persons, [4] and in 2019 the country had the second highest suicide rate among the G7 developed nations.
In many countries, suicide rates are underreported due to social stigma, cultural or legal concerns. [3] Thus, these figures cannot be used to compare real suicide rates, which are unknown in most countries. The global total of suicide deaths decreased from an estimated 762,000 in 2000 to 717,000 in 2021, which is 9.1 deaths per 100,000 ...
Kenneth Weishuhn (1997–2012), age 14, was a teen who is known for his suicide which raised the national profile on gay bullying and LGBT youth suicides. Weishuhn was allegedly bullied in person, death threats were sent to his mobile phone, and he was the subject of a Facebook hate group. He was targeted for being gay, having come out one ...
Ashihara Hinako, Japanese author of the “Sexy Tanaka-san” manga, was found dead near Tokyo n a suspected suicide days after protesting the TV adaptation of her comic.
Youth suicide is when a young person, ... Harassment is a leading cause of teen suicide, along with abuse. Gay teens or those unsure of their sexual identity are more ...
Japan has criminalized online insults, making cyberbullying punishable by up to a year in prison, extending the statute of limitations and amplifying the fine, in the wake of a reality star's suicide.
On July 26, 2014, 15-year-old Japanese high school student Aiwa Matsuo (松尾 愛和, Matsuo Aiwa) was murdered by a 15-year-old female classmate. The killing took place in the suspect's apartment in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, where Matsuo was beaten with a metal tool, strangled to death, and then partially dismembered and decapitated.