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This is a very sad story out of Osaka that illustrates the tragedy that can result from a breakdown in communication. Makoto Hamada, a 42 year old cook, killed his 42 year old wife, 15 year old son, and 12 year old daughter while distraught over 5,000,000 yen in debt. He strangled the three in [...]
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The Japanese media tried to make a big story bigger this weekend by complaining about the way Maki Goto wore her hair to her mother’s funeral. Her mother died this week in a fall from her apartment balcony in a suspected suicide. Maki Goto showed up with her hair brown. The media responded with outrage. [...]
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I’ll embed the video here. The suicide problem is way too big here and growing. The only issue I’d take with the narration is the idea that suicide is still seen as an “honorable” way out to many people. I think the “honor” of suicide is the furthest thing from the minds of people who [...]
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This is an interesting video that’s been going around. It was aired about three years ago on the popular tv show “Kin Suma” or “Kinyobi SMAP” which is hosted by Masahiro Nakai, leader of the uber-popular and ubiquitous SMAP. The show generally targets women and covers topics such as women with interesting jobs and some [...]
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Report of a suicide at a train station in Hyogo Prefecture in which innocent bystanders also suffered injuries.
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After someone wrote a comment on her blog telling her to die, a high school girl hanged herself. Although this is most probably another case of bullying that also took place in school as well, the school will deny that any bullying took place in order to avoid the wrath of the bereaved’s lawyers and [...]
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I don’t want to seem too morbid, but I could write multiple blog entries every day if I just wrote about all the suicides in Japan. This one is also a little unique because the 29 year old woman was on her way back from a vacation in Honolulu. Some people who had been sitting [...]
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