National / Social Issues Jun 3, 2021
Japan high schools ready to talk about mental health in the classroom
by Tomomi Miura
Mental health curricula planned for next spring aimed at preventing depression and other disorders.
National May 2, 2021
Majority of Japanese women suffer from depression before and during infertility treatment
According to a survey, 279 respondents, or 54.4%, showed symptoms of depression.
World / Science & Health Apr 18, 2021
In Canada, psychedelics re-emerge in treatment of depression
When it comes to using psychedelics for therapeutic reasons, there is mounting interest from researchers and investors, as well as a public push to reconsider bans on the drugs.
National Feb 21, 2021
As suicides rise amid the pandemic, Japan takes steps to tackle loneliness
by Tomohiro Osaki
What constitutes loneliness is a trickier question in Japan, where the overarching term "kodoku" has been used to describe both loneliness and solitude, essentially lumping them together.
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Dec 12, 2020
Rising suicide figures reflect many women’s despair in a pandemic
by Michael Hoffman
Almost as anguishing as having no future is having an unknown one.
National Dec 11, 2020
By prefecture, the number of suicides recorded was highest in Tokyo, at 198, followed by Kanagawa, at 116, and Saitama, at 107.
National Nov 11, 2020
Japan suicides rise as economic impact of coronavirus hits home
Of October's cases, 851 were women, a rise of 82.6% over the same month in 2019. The number of suicides by men rose 21.3%.
National / Social Issues Oct 9, 2020
Suicide spike in Japan shows mental health toll of COVID-19
by Ayai Tomisawa and Marika Katanuma
The numbers hint at what may be going on around the world as countries grapple with the fallout from mass unemployment and social isolation.
Commentary / World Aug 24, 2020
An epidemic of depression and anxiety among young adults
by Andreas Kluth
As COVID-19 spreads, so do mental health problems, especially among Gen Z and millennials. A lot of this had to do with uncertainty.
National / Social Issues Jun 13, 2020
Suicide in Japan: Seeking to part the dark clouds as pandemic threatens recent progress
by Andrew McKirdy
The death of ‘Terrace House’ star Hana Kimura in May has thrust the issue of suicide back into the national spotlight.
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Jul 13, 2019
Working harder in a bid to save labor is proving exhausting
by Michael Hoffman
The utopia of utopias is "Utopia" by Sir Thomas More (1478-1535). Its best feature is leisure. There are no idle nobles; everyone works. A burden shared is a burden lightened. Utopians "do not wear themselves out with perpetual toil from morning to night, as ...