Record 529 Students Commit Suicide in Japan in 2024
Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator 
Tokyo, Oct. 24 (Jiji Press)--The number of elementary, junior high and high school students in Japan who committed suicide in 2024 stood at 529, up by 16 from the preceding year and the highest since data became available in 1980, a government report showed Friday. According to the 2025 white paper on suicide prevention adopted at a cabinet meeting the same day, overall suicides in the nati...
