Annual suicides likely to exceed 30,000 again
The number of suicides in Japan between January and June fell about 7 percent from a year earlier to nearly 16-thousand. But the annual total is likely to exceed 30,000 again this year.
The National Police Agency revealed the figures in a report issued on Tuesday. It says 15,906 people --11,354 men and 4,552 women -- committed suicide in the first 6 months of the year. There were 1,280 fewer deaths than in the same period last year.
The largest number, 1,456, killed themselves in Tokyo, followed by Osaka with 1,012 and Saitama Prefecture with 865.
The Agency says that since September last year, the monthly total has been decreasing compared to the same month a year earlier.
But it warns that if suicides continue at the current pace, more than 30,000 people are likely to kill themselves this year again.
The government believes that financial difficulty is one of the main reasons why people choose to end their lives.
It plans to expand counseling services in cooperation with local governments.
The National Police Agency revealed the figures in a report issued on Tuesday. It says 15,906 people --11,354 men and 4,552 women -- committed suicide in the first 6 months of the year. There were 1,280 fewer deaths than in the same period last year.
The largest number, 1,456, killed themselves in Tokyo, followed by Osaka with 1,012 and Saitama Prefecture with 865.
The Agency says that since September last year, the monthly total has been decreasing compared to the same month a year earlier.
But it warns that if suicides continue at the current pace, more than 30,000 people are likely to kill themselves this year again.
The government believes that financial difficulty is one of the main reasons why people choose to end their lives.
It plans to expand counseling services in cooperation with local governments.
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