The Yomiuri Shimbun
More than 33,000 people killed themselves in Japan in 2007, the 10th year in a row that the number of suicides exceeded 30,000, the National Police Agency announced Thursday.
It is a brilliant result of the Koizumi reform！
There are still many opinions to recommend Koizumi for the next prime minister.
Hmmmmm...interesting
That's twice as many suicides in Japan as murders in the US. Think about that.
I think the US will catch up soon enough. I suspect McCain is going to win the next "election" and after millions more are out of work and losing their homes. Likely another reason for the lower suicide rate is that pesky religion called Christianity. It says if you kill yourself you go to hell. But it also interpreted by Republicans to believe if you are not rich and do not support Israel, you go to hell as well.