It happened at the end of last August. A 17-year-old student jumped from the building of a busy shopping center in the ...
Employees at Shikoku Bank in Japan have signed a pledge vowing to "commit suicide" if they are found guilty of financial ...
TOKYO (SCMP): A decision by Japanese authorities to prosecute a 17-year-old girl whose suicide resulted in another woman’s ...
A 17-year-old girl from Japan jumped from the 12th floor of a shopping complex, landing on 32-year-old Chikako Chiba, ...
The act itself is not an offense under Japanese law, but complications arise when it inadvertently causes harm to others ...
The nation’s first suicide attempt data tracking system has found that women in 20s constituted the largest group among ...
It is hoped a new suicide attempt tracking system will help develop prevention measures to stop people killing themselves ...
Shikoku, a Japanese bank, is redefining "strong work ethic" after staff members pledged to "commit suicide" if they were ...
Holy smokes it’s real Shikoku Bank was previously Number 37 National Bank第三十七国立銀行 which made all 23 employees sign with their ...
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Japan is the only G7 country where suicide is the leading cause of death for teenagers and records more suicides by minors on ...
The Aokigahara Forest of Honshu, Japan (also known interchangeably as the Sea of Trees and more insidiously, the Suicide ...