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IT IS suicide peak in Japan during the coronavirus pandemic. So much so that, for the month of October, there are more deaths from suicide than covid-19 in 10 months.
The experts talk about “Alarming peak”, noting that it is run largely by women, often employed in industries hardest hit by the pandemic.
The CNNIn an attempt to intercept and understand the trend, she spoke with several Japanese women who attempted suicide while trying to make ends meet amid hardships triggered by the pandemic.
It is in particular workers and precarious workers who resort to the extreme gesture, which continues to set the trend in clear growth since last July.
Coronavirus: Peak Suicides in Japan
In addition to the real economic difficulties, it weighs a lot according to experts uncertain situation which is inevitably experienced during covid.
A scenario of psychological instability This affects the increase in suicides, which in particular in October registered one of its all-time highs in the country.
But the trend had already marked a strong increase since this summer according to data from Japan Ministry of Health.
In September, there were 705 suicides of men between the ages of 20 and 50 alone, that is almost 9% more compared to the same period last year, while in August the growth was + 6.7%.
The most recent figures highlight the increase in suicides especially among women, who according to various local associations that deal with the phenomenon suffer from a precarious employment situation if not really absence of employment in the wake of the coronavirus.
In the country, the circumstance is increasingly discussed also in the light of various suicides who have worried public figures extremely well known, including actress Sei Ashina, known in Italy above all for having starred in the film Seta, based on the book by Alessandro Baricco.
Even the professional wrestler Hana Kimura, recently featured on Netflix on reality shows Terrace of the house, took his own life last May.
