Number of suicides in Japan surpasses 30,000 for 12th year...

he number of people who committed suicide in Japan has exceeded 30,000 for 12 years in a row, the National Police Agency said Friday.

From January to November this year, 30,181 Japanese killed themselves, the agency said. Of them, 21,566 were men and 8,615 were women.

On average, 90 suicides took place per day, which suggests that nearly 1,000 people were on the brink of suicide on any given day of the year, experts said. More...

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