Decade of reducing self-inflicted deaths in Japan hindered by COVID-19

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Decade of reducing self-inflicted deaths in Japan hindered by COVID-19

More people than expected ended their own lives in 2020 in Japan, overturning a decadelong slow decline in the nation’s annual number of suicides, according to a new analysis by public health experts at the University of Tokyo. The increase in suicides was especially pronounced among women younger than 30, potentially due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate effect on part-time and travel industry employees.

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