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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday November 07 2018, @04:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the alarming-statistics dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46096626

In the fiscal year 2016/7 up to March, 250 children from elementary to high school age were recorded as having taken their own lives. The number is five more than last year, and the highest it has been since 1986.

Concerns the children had reported included family problems, worrying about their futures and bullying. But schools said the reasons behind about 140 of the deaths are unknown as the students did not leave a note. Most of those who took their lives were of high school age, where Japanese students typically study until they are aged 18.

[...] Overall suicides across Japan fell to about 21,000 in 2017, police say, down from a peak of about 34,500 in 2003.

[...] "The number of suicides of students have stayed high, and that is an alarming issue which should be tackled," education ministry official Noriaki Kitazaki said as the latest figures were released.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @09:32PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @09:32PM (#759159)

    Pffft what a bunch of generationalist garbage. Learn history sometime, older people have been complaining about the younger generation since the dawn of time. It just shows that you prefer simplistic reasoning over critical thinking.

  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday November 08 2018, @01:01AM (1 child)

    by Bot (3902) on Thursday November 08 2018, @01:01AM (#759244) Journal

    > older people have been complaining about the younger generation since the dawn of time

    And they were right. Every. Single. Time.

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    • (Score: 4, Touché) by krishnoid on Thursday November 08 2018, @02:33AM

      by krishnoid (1156) on Thursday November 08 2018, @02:33AM (#759272)

      In all honesty, I'm not surprised to hear that kind of a talk from a life form directly affected by Moore's law.