Japan suffered 14,192 suicides from January to June

[The Straight Story]

The number of suicides across the nation from January to June fell slightly to 14,192, the National Police Agency said in a preliminary report Tuesday.

The figure was 102 fewer than in the first half of 2012, when the annual number of suicides fell below 30,000 for the first time in 15 years.

In the first half of this year, suicides among men came to 9,901, accounting for 69.8 percent of the total.

The number of suicides grew in January year on year, but the number in February and later dropped and hit the lowest level in five years.

By prefecture, suicides rose 28.4 percent to 104 in Kagawa, 25.3 percent to 272 in Kyoto and 20.3 percent to 219 in Kagoshima.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/09/national/japan-suffered-14192-suicides-from-january-to-june/#.UdyjXxhEr2Q

[mwrguy]

1. How many did the US have?

And how many per 100k?

Just curious.

[tritsofme]

2. I was curious too, there were 36,909 in 2009.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States

[AgingAmerican]

3. In Japanese culture suicide is considered an honorable way to die

It is how they deal with humiliation, or failures. Honor is everything in their culture.