A silver-lining to lockdowns: suicides drop during stay-at-home orders
2020 has been an extraordinarily strange year. It’s hard not to wonder whether the massive public spending and political strife seen in some parts of…
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The Complicated Concept of Suicide in Japan
As many are aware, Japan has a notably high suicide rate. While it is far from the world’s highest-risk nation in the world, or even…
20 sumo wrestlers save woman who plunged from a bridge in Tokyo
Due to the ongoing pandemic, members of the general public don’t have too many opportunities to see sumo wrestlers up close these days as tournaments…
Flip Book Artist Explores Dangers of Overwork Culture in Shady Japanese Companies with Heartbreaking Video
Amazing flip-book artist shows the dangers of overwork culture in Japanese “black companies” using a heart-wrenching, but brilliantly animated video. While there are more innocuous…
Aokigahara Forest And Suicide: A Brief Look Into Its History As One Of Japan’s Most Haunting Locations
Arguably one of the most haunted places in Japan (if not the most haunted place), Aokigahara Forest has inadvertently become the final resting place for…
The Rise Of The Decline Of Dating In Japan
Suicide and dating. Not many would find similarities in the two, given the fact that the former is often the means to an end of…
Pokemon Go Players Are Revitalizing An Infamous Suicide Spot In Japan
Japan has quite its share of suicide spots, such as the “suicide forest” of Aokigahara, that usually rumored to be haunted and are generally unpleasant…