Video Game Leads to Suicide
Suicide is a problem in Japan…a BIG problem.
Even the youngsters, think teenagers will too readily take the leap…and in this case, literally.
A 15-year old boy got in a fight with his older brother over a video game.
Later that day, a woman saw someone jump from a 50-storey apartment building at about 9:10pm.
The police found the 15-year old boy lying on the ground having made an exit
from the 43rd floor. He jumped off the veranda attached to the apartment.
I know things about Japan and perhaps if I sat and thought about it long and hard enough I might come up with an opinion, but the truth is I don't know why these fine people are so relatively quick to give up on their lives.
Does anyone else have any insight?
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September 27, 2007
Bill – the whole “suicidal Japanese” thing is a stereotype. Conjures up images of kamikaze pilots and seppuku (harakiri). Sure suicide is a problem in Japan – but suicide is a problem everywhere it happens, and Japan isn’t at the top of that list to begin with. Go check out TPR’s Suicide in Japan by the Numbers. It’s worth a read / listen.