Soccer star Keisuke Honda has caused a stir on social media with an impassioned “motivational” tweet he posted in response to a news report about Tuesday’s government white paper on suicide.
The annual report showed the number of suicides declining in 2016 to the lowest in 22 years while also citing suicide as the leading cause of death in the country among those aged 15-39.
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