Re:Maybe We All Need a Little Less Balance
by jacalata on Saturday August 26, 2017 @11:08PM
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Japan has the highest suicide rate in the world and many heavily discussed social issues related to happiness, including salarymen, hikikomori, decreased rate of marriage and childbearing....I think you might just not be tuned in there yet.
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>Japan has the highest suicide rate in the world
Actually, no. From the WHO 2017 data it's #26 with a rate not that much higher than the US (15.4 vs 12.6 /100k/yr).
Re:Maybe We All Need a Little Less Balance
by jacalata on Sunday August 27, 2017 @08:08PM
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Interesting, looks like it's not the highest, but the Japanese government stats say the rate is much higher than that (about 19) http://www.newsweek.com/japans-suicide-rate-finally-falling-...