Japan’s 2020 Suicide Spike Led by Female Workers, Kyodo Reports
A phone box with numbers for suicide prevention support as well as a bible and messages of support, at Tojinbo cliffs in Japan.
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A spike in Japanese suicides last year was fueled by more female workers and students taking their own lives during the Covid pandemic, Kyodo News reported, citing a white paper that will be released by the country’s health ministry in November.
Changes of work environment due to the pandemic may have been the largest contributing factor, Kyodo said, citing the paper. The outlet didn’t say how it had obtained the document.