Suicide fatalities in Japan increased by 3.7 per cent to 20,919 in 2020, exhibiting a worrisome spike among women and youth.- AFP
TOKYO (The Straits Times/ANN): Japan's struggle with suicide has been well-documented even as deaths due to suicide had been declining for 11 straight years until Covid-19 hit.
From the country's notorious "suicide forest" of Aokigahara - one of the world's most-used suicide sites - to Takahiro Shiraishi, rapist and serial killer who used Twitter to lure suicidal women to his home, the spectre of suicide looms large over Japan and its perception abroad.
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