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Re:Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past by Hamuko on Sunday January 22, 2023 @10:17AM (#34478143)
The US actually has a higher suicide rate than Japan in according to World Health Organisation data.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...

Re:Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past by dilap on Sunday January 22, 2023 @04:18PM (#34482343)
Interesting, thanks.

It looks like over the last 20 years Japan has made a lot of progress on suicide, and the USA, sadly, has been going the wrong direction -- and they've recently crossed over.

So both USA and Japan are higher than the European average, and much higher than an (apparently) happy European country, like Italy.

I do think my broader point stands, which is maybe the things we think makes a country nice aren't necessarily the things that will make people feel happy and satisifed.