Japan’s youth suicides hit 30-year high: survey

Asia/ Japan/ 06.11.2018/ Source: www.reuters.com.

Suicides by Japanese youth have reached a 30-year-high, the education ministry said on Monday, even as overall suicide numbers have steadily declined over the past 15 years.

A total of 250 children in elementary school, middle school and high school killed themselves in the fiscal year through March, up from 245 the previous year, according to a ministry survey. That was the highest since 1986, when 268 students took their own lives.

“The number of suicides of students have stayed high, and that is an alarming issue which should be tackled,” said ministry official Noriaki Kitazaki.

Source of the notice: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-suicides/japans-youth-suicides-hit-30-year-high-survey-idUSKCN1NA0BW