Japan pledges to cut suicide @ news.com.au

遅きに失した、という感はありますが、ようやく政府が自殺対策を具体的に進めるようです。

JAPAN'S government has pledged to cut the country's suicide rate - one of the highest among industrialised nations - by 20 per cent in 10 years in a proposal that suggested more support for the poor and depressed.

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Experts say the economic slump over the past decade, combined with the absence of religious prohibition against suicide have resulted in the high number of people taking their own lives.
Traditionally, suicide has also been a way to escape failure or save loved ones from embarrassment or financial loss.

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21633275-5005962,00.html?from=public_rss

c.f. ライフリンク代表日記
http://blog.livedoor.jp/bxs00035/