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| Downturn stirs Japan suicide fears |
| 2008-10-06 |
| Earlier this year the Japanese government released the results of a survey which suggested that one in five men and women in the country had seriously thought of taking their own life. Japan has one of the highest suicide rates in the industrialised world. On average around ninety people kill themselves in Japan every day. In past years the suicide rate peaked each time the country's economy fell into recession. Now that Japan's government has reported one quarter of negative growth, and signalled it is likely there are more to follow, there are fears of further increases in the number of people taking their own lives. |
| Posted by:Thor Shomomp9671 |
| #1 Perhaps Mitsubishi should consider producing Zeros again? |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-10-06 14:37 |