Japan to attack high suicide rate

Japan to attack high suicide rate :

"Japan, with 127 million people, saw 32,325 suicides in 2004, or 25.3 per 100,000 people - about double the rate in the United States and triple that of Britain, according to
government data. Males accounted for more than two-thirds of the total. Health problems were cited as the most common reason, followed by economic woes."

This is so sad. I don't know what our current suicide rates are and I'm not looking because they were pretty depressing last time I looked. Japan is not the only country to have a high suicide rate. It's alarming it is so many people. This is where international connections can be used to good effect. Sometimes other countries can help in situations like this where a type of illness or social condition gets a grip on a country. The worst thing about suicide is that it can be prevented and often a couple of hours later the person will not want to suicide. Depression and lack of hope can create the right suicidal moemnt and it is so sad. I don't believe we can be held responsible if someone does commit suicide but I do believe a community approach and a lot of co operation can change the social environment. Poeple who commit suicide have it on their problem solving strategies list. Rethinking that approach has to be part of a community push. I hope Japan will be able to solve this problem....and I hope we can improve the situation in our own country. The despair it creates for the survivors is one of the blackest parts of its cloak.