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I was under the impression that suicide was very high in Japan
by secondcoming 4y ago
I was under the impression that suicide was very high in Japan
- glandium 4y agoIt's actually in decline and lower than in the US.
- somedude895 4y agoSo was I, but the other responder is actually right, it's lower than US and "After peaking in 2003, suicide rates have been gradually declining, falling to the lowest on record (since 1978) in 2019." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan
- danuker 4y agoIf you use that metric to judge happiness, it looks like homeless people are twice as happy as people living off of interest/dividends/rent.
- theonlybutlet 4y agoSurvivorship bias perhaps?
- notch656a 4y agoJapan is notorious for recording things as "accidents" that are not accidents. Especially if it helps the police or family save face. This also applies to other things, like an artificially low homicide rate.
- Tade0 4y agoIt's a stereotype just like the long hours - Americans work around 10% more hours annually nowadays.