A record 527 children attending elementary, junior high and senior high schools in Japan died by suicide last year, up 14 from 2023 and topping the previous high of 514 in 2022, preliminary government data showed Wednesday. Senior high school students accounted for 349 of the total, up 2 from…
  • vfreire85@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    the heck is causing this? highly competitive society? bullying running free on japanese schools? lack of support by school personnel and overworked parents?

    • liyunxiao@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Climate change + no future prospects under capitalism + lack of support structure due to overworked parents + crushing poverty in many cases. Japan has a lot of homeless and near homeless children.