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>Not that someone wouldn't have eventually stolen it though. Japan is only nearly Utopian. Let's be careful with the orientalism. The suicide rate[1][2] is one

by kmfrk 16y ago

>Not that someone wouldn't have eventually stolen it though. Japan is only nearly Utopian. Let's be careful with the orientalism. The suicide rate[1][2] is one thing that personally bothers me. Japan is fundamentally different from the West, and this has its advantages and disadvantages. [1]: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/List_of_count... [2]: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/List_of_OECD_countries_by_suicide_rate https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/List_of_OECD_...

nivertech 16y ago
Clear trends: * Southern Europe/Mediterranean/Levantine countries - low suicide rates. * English-speaking/Northern countries/former Communist block in Eastern Europe/Developed Asian countries - high suicide rates. Seems to be related to amount of daylight, climate, stress and competition.
- jules 16y ago
  Has anybody else noticed the magical effect of sunlight? A few days ago was the first sunny day of the year. Everyone was very happy.
  - defen 16y ago
    Magic, or a surge of vitamin D3 in their bloodstreams.
staunch 16y ago
I deleted that line, so we don't have to have the world's most boring discussion on HN.
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angus77 16y ago
If you follow the "more information" link on Japan, you'll find that the high suicide rate is a recent thing that's happened since the Bubble burst.