"- pay workers a livable wage - create an environment where the workday is completely and separated from the personal day - and one where it is possible for the

"- pay workers a livable wage - create an environment where the workday is completely and separated from the personal day - and one where it is possible for the worker to fully live their lives apart from their workplaces Then none of these charades will ever be necessary again." No, I don't think that's really it. The suicide issues in East Asia are highly contextualized to those cultures. They don't live the same way we do. They live in highly structured and organized societies with very strong social norms and obligations. Add in some hyper materialism in S. Korea since the war. The benefit of this social order is very low crime, fairly efficient society. But the drawback is that a small percent can't take it type thing. You know how many gun deaths there were in Japan last year? Like one! Of course it has something to do with extremely strict gun control, but it has mostly to do with their culture. It's not so much a 'workplace' issue so much as it is a cultural issue.