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Suicides Among Japanese Young People Hit 30-Year High

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

takyon writes:

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: 2) by Barenflimski on Wednesday November 07 2018, @11:56PM

    by Barenflimski (6836) on Wednesday November 07 2018, @11:56PM (#759225)

    I'm not sure that the two systems have to be mutually exclusive. For instance, some years I enjoy putting up drywall and cutting boards. Some years I enjoy database work. Some years I enjoy putting together robots. With that said, if no one feels like diving in sewage to clear a blockage [apnews.com], that doesn't help anyone. If I were in a specific job, I'd of course be required to do that job if I said I'd do it.

    I imagine that if over time people were able to do different jobs without losing all of their pay, that would foster something like this. I guess in the world today, that would be like having a merry-go-round job with people at Microsoft, Home Depot, and tutoring at the local University. I suppose one could say that this is called "a student." I digress. To continue to get paid the same amount across these so to make it financially feasible, would require an entire cultural change. Some sort of job-sharing agreement between people and companies that feel like participating would be the idea.

    It is an intriguing thought.

     

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