The suicide rate in Japan is the highest among the Group of Seven economies, and the number of women who took their own life has increased for two years in a row from 2021 to 2022, at the level of over 7,000 a year (nearly 600 per month), in...
Japan is a disaster-prone country, with tragic ones including the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 and the Kumamoto earthquakes in 2016. The immediate aftermath of an earthquake, tsunami or other disasters can be deadly and claim many lives...