Pandemic Raises Japan Suicide Rate After Decade Of Decline:Goes by many names

image class="left" url= Deaths by suicide during the pandemic far outstripped those from coronavirus in Japan in 2020, [[https://ilov.us/56477 인계동셔츠룸]] reversing years of progress to bring down the suicide --- r>p> p>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.p>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.p>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.p>Japan has long had the highest suicide rate among the Group of Seven advanced countries -- though regionally South Korea registers higher figures. --- --- --- But the government has worked in recent years to better support people with mental health needs.p>Japan has seen a smaller coronavirus outbreak than some countries, avoiding the harsh lockdown measures put in place elsewhere, and a fall in suicides during the first half of 2020 raised hopes that the pandemic's impact might be limited.p>But the figures began to rise in July after a first state of emergency was lifted in May, a pattern experts say tracks with data showing suicides often drop in the first phase of crises such as conflicts and natural disasters, before rising sharply.p>"For suicide in Japan, the rise was a major event and I think it was a big turning point," said Michiko Ueda, an associate professor of political science at Waseda University in Tokyo who studies suicide in Japan.p>"The coronavirus is definitely a major factor," she told AFP, warning "we cannot deny the possibility that figures will rise again this year".p>- Virus 'highlighted gender ga --- r>p> image class="left" url= The suicide rate in Japan among men dropped slightly in 2020, 수원풀싸롱 but rose sharply a

 n > Mental health experts around the world have warned that suicides could rise during the pandemic, driven by diverse factors including economic hardship, stress and family a

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In Japan, the rise is the first since 2009, in the wake of the global economic crisis, but it follows a different pattern from previous y

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"The coronavirus pandemic forced people into unusual circumstances," a health ministry official told

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"In particular, problems experienced by women have been highlighted, which are thought to have led to suici

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Suicides among men actually fell slightly from 2019, but over 14 percent more suicides were recorded among w

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While determining the causes of rising suicides is complicated, Ueda said likely factors included increasing unemployment for women and extra burdens at home, in a country where household responsibilities are often unevenly shared in fami

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The pandemic disproportionately hit industries that employ many women, often on temporary contracts, including hospitality and ho

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A survey released by public broadcaster NHK in December found 26 percent of female workers reported employment problems including layoffs since April, compared with 19 percent of

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"The coronavirus has highlighted Japan's gender gap," added Yayo Okano, a professor of feminism at Doshisha University in K

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In a separate NHK poll, 28 percent of women reported spending more time on housework during the pandemic, compared with 19 percent of men, with at-home supervision of children -- after schools closed -- falling mostly to mot

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"Household burdens on women have long been disproportionately heavy in Japan and their burdens have increased because of coronavirus," Okano told

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a n > Rising suicides among children have also alarmed experts: more than 300 children in elementary, junior high and high school died by suicide in the eight months to November, up nearly 30 percent from the same month a year earlier.

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"Students are feeling anxiety about their future," said Akiko Mura, 인계동셔츠룸 a counsellor at the Tokyo Suicide Preventio

ntr /p> "They don't know what to do. They used to be able to release their stress by talking to their friends, but now they can't even go to

oke /p> Experts fear a series of high-profile celebrity suicides in Japan last year may also have triggered vulnerable people to consider taking the

ive /p> The number of suicides in Japan peaked at around 34,000 in 2003, but efforts since then to tackle the problem -- including addressing deaths linked to overwork and introducing online counselling -- had helped bring the numb

dow /p> Munetaka Kaneko, a counsellor at suicide prevention NGO Sotto, said the government now needed to make suicide response a key plank of its virus policy, with "prevention measures fit for the pande

era /p> "For some, the risks of suicide are far graver than those posed by

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Goes by many names : Pandemic Raises Japan Suicide Rate After Decade Of Decline