JAPAN’S SUICIDE RATE AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN INCREASED THE MOST IN 2020

Highlights –

• Japan’s suicide rate among school children increased the most in 2020.
• In 2020 number of suicides among school children came up to 499.
• The rate of suicide was far higher among high school girls, i.e 140.
• Police data cited health issues, family problems, and economic hardships as motives for suicide.

Japan government on Sunday reporte....