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SUICIDE

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 31, 2019
Reducing the burden of depression in Japan
It remains necessary to raise awareness of depression, which is a treatable condition, in Japan's general population.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 18, 2019
Surging suicide rate among American girls raises questions about social media
A spike in the suicide rate among young American girls is prompting leading researchers to ask questions about the role of social media in adolescent mental health.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2019
Thousands of Peruvians say goodbye to ex-President Garcia following suicide
Thousand of Peruvians said goodbye on Thursday in Lima to ex-president Alan Garcia — who killed himself this week — in the second of three days of national mourning declared by President Martin Vizcarra.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 18, 2019
Life of Alan Garcia, former Peru president once touted as the country's JFK, cut short by his own gun
Alan Garcia was the charismatic chameleon of Peruvian politics, once popular enough to be elected president twice. But his terms were filled with ups and downs and he eventually became caught up in the Odebrecht bribery scandal that rocked Latin America.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 9, 2019
Gatekeepers, listeners, tax money: How Akita, once the prefecture with highest rate, halved suicides
Taeko Watanabe awoke one cold March night and found a trail of blood in the hallway, a bloody cleaver on her son Yuki's bed and no trace of him in the house. Then police discovered a suicide note in his bedroom.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 6, 2019
Japanese artist behind ghastly creature in viral 'Momo Challenge' baffled by disturbing hoax
The ghastly image of a goggle-eyed creature that triggered the so-called Momo Challenge — a viral social-media hoax terrifying children and parents alike — was born in a cluttered two-story studio on the outskirts of Tokyo.
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2019
Lessons from the 2011 suicide of a bullying victim
All parties responsible for combating the problem of bullying at schools need to be reminded of the purpose of the 2013 legislation against bullying.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2019
The real threat to your children isn't Momo
What's fundamentally wrong with the hoaxes is that they establish a false link between internet use and suicide where plenty of real links exist.
EDITORIALS
Feb 21, 2019
A court warns of bullying's grave consequences
The Otsu District Court's warning of the irreparable consequences of bullying needs to be taken seriously by all parties.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 14, 2019
Data ownership after death is 'a complete legal mess'
From photos to personal posts and private messages, social media users leave a long digital trail behind them. Who owns that data when they die?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 6, 2018
Suicides of middle-aged men in Japan tend to surge on Monday mornings: research
The research group is hoping the result will be utilized to devise effective suicide prevention measures, such as expanding phone consultation services at times when most suicides occur.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2018
Saudi sisters likely committed suicide in New York's Hudson River, police say
Two young Saudi women whose bodies were found a week ago along the rocky Manhattan shore of the Hudson River, bound together with duct tape around their waist and ankles, likely committed suicide, New York police said Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 21, 2018
Beijing says depression behind Macau representative's death in fall from building
China's top representative to Macau died Saturday night, after tumbling from the building where he lived "due to depression," the Chinese government said Sunday.

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