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Pandemic Raises Japan Suicide Rate After Decade Of Decline By Shingo ITO 01/22/21 AT 12:16 AM The number of people taking their own lives in Japan rose for the first time in over a decade last year, as the pandemic reversed years of progress combatting a stubbornly high suicide rate. Japan s health and welfare ministry said Friday that 20,919 people died by suicide in 2020 according to preliminary data, up 3.7 percent from the previous year. That compares with 3,460 deaths from coronavirus in the same period. It marks the first year-on-year rise in suicides in more than a decade, with women and children in particular taking their lives at higher rates. ....
Pandemic raises Japan suicide rate after decade of decline AFP File image for illustration: iStock Experts fear a series of high-profile celebrity suicides in Japan last year may also have triggered vulnerable people to consider taking their lives. The number of people taking their own lives in Japan rose for the first time in over a decade last year, as the pandemic reversed years of progress combatting a stubbornly high suicide rate. Japan’s health and welfare ministry said Friday that 20,919 people died by suicide in 2020 according to preliminary data, up 3.7 percent from the previous year. That compares with 3,460 deaths from coronavirus in the same period. ....
Japanese Twitter Killer Sentenced to Death For Murdering, Dismembering Nine People Published December 15th, 2020 - 09:11 GMT Takahiro Shiraishi (Twitter) Highlights Yano described the murders as extremely vicious in crime history and ruled Shiraishi was mentally fit to be held responsible for them. A Japanese serial killer dubbed the Twitter killer was sentenced to death by a Tokyo court today for murdering and dismembering nine people he met online. Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, admitted killing and butchering eight women and one man, aged between 15 and 26, who he met on the social media platform. He murdered nine people after luring them over Twitter. Now Japan has sentenced Takahiro Shiraishi to death. https://t.co/wfRYzpwdyk ....