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Re:Former PM Abe Shinzo dies after being shot by somedude895 on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:55AM (#32025459)
So was I, but the other responder is actually right, it's lower than US and "After peaking in 2003, suicide rates have been gradually declining, falling to the lowest on record (since 1978) in 2019."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan

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Re:Former PM Abe Shinzo dies after being shot by notch656a on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:15PM (#32028207)
Japan is notorious for recording things as "accidents" that are not accidents. Especially if it helps the police or family save face. This also applies to other things, like an artificially low homicide rate.
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Re:Former PM Abe Shinzo dies after being shot by danuker on Friday July 08, 2022 @07:25AM (#32025689)
If you use that metric to judge happiness, it looks like homeless people are twice as happy as people living off of interest/dividends/rent.
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Re:Former PM Abe Shinzo dies after being shot by theonlybutlet on Friday July 08, 2022 @07:40AM (#32025831)
Survivorship bias perhaps?
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