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Suicide deaths per 100,000 persons (1960–2017) in G7 countries, Russia and South Korea[1]
Suicide
Social aspects
ACEs
Altruistic
Bullying
Copycat
Dysfunctional family
Epidemic
Identity performance
Legislation
Philosophy
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Right to die
School bullying
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Social media and suicide
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Crisis hotline (list)
Intervention
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Suicide watch
Types
Assisted
Bullying and suicide (list)
Copycat
Familicide
Forced
Honor
Jauhar
Mass
Murder–suicide
Prisoner suicide
Rail
Pact
Internet
Prayopavesa
Sallekhana
Sati
Self-sacrifice
Senicide
Seppuku
Sokushinbutsu
Suicide attack
Vatakkiruttal
Epidemiology
Gender differences
LGBT-related suicides
Methods
Rate by country
Seasonal effects
Suicidal person
Youth suicide
among LGBT youth
History
List of suicides
Suicide in antiquity
List of suicides in the 21st century
In warfare
Banzai charge
Kamikaze
Suicide mission
Related phenomena
Anguish
Alcoholism
Anhedonia
Anxiety disorder
Autism spectrum
Coping
Coping planning
Depression (mood)
Diseases of despair
Echo chamber
Grief
Ideation
Locations
Major depressive disorder
Mental disorder
Neurodevelopmental disorder
Non-suicidal self-injury
Perfectionism
Schizophrenia
Self-harm
Self-hatred
Substance abuse
Suffering
Suicidal ambivalence
Suicide and the Internet
Suicide and trauma
Suicide awareness
Suicide in colleges in the United States
Suicide in music subcultures
Suicide note
Suicide survivor
Suicide terminology
Suicide tourism
Suicidology
Warning signs of suicide
By country
Rate by country
Afghanistan
Australia
Bangladesh
Cameroon
Canada
China
France
Greenland
India
Iran
Ireland
Japan
Lithuania
Nepal
Pakistan
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Organizations
Compassion & Choices
Death with Dignity National Center
Dignitas
Exit International
Final Exit Network
Hemlock Society
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In Japan, suicide (自殺, jisatsu) is considered a major social issue.[2][3] In 2017, the country had the seventh highest suicide rate in the OECD, at 14.9 per 100,000 persons,[4] and in 2019 the country had the second highest suicide rate among the G7 developed nations.[5]
In 1997, suicide rates spiked heavily, increasing by 34.7% in 1998 alone and remaining relatively high for over a decade.[2] After peaking in 2003, suicide rates have been gradually declining, falling to the lowest on record (since 1978) in 2019.[6] Monthly suicide rates in Japan increased by 16% between July and October 2020, due to a number of reasons attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] In 2022, suicide rates in Japan also increased by 17% from 2020 alone, due to a number of factors attributed to the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
70% of suicides in Japan are male,[8] and it is the leading cause of death in men aged 20–44.[9]
Historically, cultural attitudes towards suicide in Japan have been described as "tolerant", with certain types of suicides being considered honorable, especially during military service. For example, seppuku, a form of ritual suicide by self-disembowelment, was practiced mainly by samurai to avoid dishonor, such as after defeat in battle or after bringing shame upon oneself. During World War II, the Empire of Japan regularly employed banzai charge suicide attacks, and towards the end of the war, kamikaze units,[10] and encouraged suicide as a preferable alternative to capture.[11]
^"Health status - Suicide rates - OECD Data". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^ abStrom, Stephanie (15 July 1999). "In Japan, Mired in Recession, Suicides Soar". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
^Lewis, Leo (19 June 2008). "Japan gripped by suicide epidemic". The Times. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
^"Interactive charts by the OECD". OECD Data. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^"Age-standardized suicide rates (per 100 000 population)". World Health Organization. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^Osaki, Tomohiro (17 January 2020). "Suicides in Japan fell below 20,000 to record low last year". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^Tanaka, Takanao; Okamoto, Shohei (15 January 2021). "Increase in suicide following an initial decline during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan". Nature Human Behaviour. 5 (2): 229–238. doi:10.1038/s41562-020-01042-z. ISSN 2397-3374. PMID 33452498.
^"令和元年中における自殺の状況" (PDF). National Police Agency. 17 March 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
^Chambers, Andrew (3 August 2010). "Japan: ending the culture of the 'honourable' suicide". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
^"In Japanese culture, for example, there are basically two types of suicide: honorable and dishonorable suicide. Honorable suicide is a means of protecting the reputation of one's family after a member has been found guilty of a dishonorable deed such as embezzlement or flunking out of college, or to save the nation as in the case of the kamikaze pilots in World War II. Dishonorable suicide is when one takes his or her life for personal reasons in order to escape some turmoil. This is thought of as a cowardly way out of life and a coward can only bring dishonor to his family." - "The Moral Dimensions of Properly Evaluating and Defining Suicide", by Edward S. Harris, Chowan College
^Astroth, Alexander (2019). Mass Suicides on Saipan and Tinian, 1944: An Examination of the Civilian Deaths in Historical Context. McFarland & Company. pp. 85–98. ISBN 978-1476674568.
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