Suicide rate still high in Japan
15:59, 16 January 2014
ASTANA. January 16. KAZINFORM 27 915 people killed themselves in 2013 across Japan.
It should be noted that the number of suicides in 2013 is 2.4% lower than last year, according to the website of the Japanese Newspaper Mainichi Shimbun.
Over the last 14 years the number of suicidal deaths in Japan exceeded 30.000 cases annually.
The reduction in dismal statistics was observed among all groups of the Japanese society only in 2013.