Do you people have any idea about the number of suicides that occurred in Japan in this covid period? Japan is moving faster in terms of suicides than any other place in the world. Can you imagine that this year October above 70% is reported as female suicide cases in Japan? In the same month in the previous year, the percentage was less than 15%. It is interesting to know that male suicide cases are less than female suicide cases. It has been noticed that covid has made the situation for several girls in Japan worse than before. We will discuss this fact elaborately in this blog. In Japan, you will easily get to see girls calling for death. For these girls, suicide is the only way to get rid of their pains. Many of them find themselves very lonely and do not want to live anymore. Let us focus on the details of this topic:
Many Japanese girls are sexually abused by their family members or close relatives now and then. Covid has become the advantage of those cruel family members as they spent most of their time at home. In such situations, these girls find suicide as a suitable way to overcome the pain.
An interesting and true story
A 15 years old Japanese girl used to be physically harassed by her elder brother. She somehow managed to run away from his home. But her struggle and loneliness continued. So she tried to kill herself much time but failed. Now she is leading a respectful life with the help of the Bond project, a suicide prevention charity.
This trend of high female suicide rates is noticeable for the last few months. The Bank crisis and sudden fall in the stock market in 2008 were the cause of many men’s suicidal cases. But covid forced a large number of young women to kill their lives on their own. Let us know the causes behind such suicide cases:
1. Japan is a country where many women prefer to lead their life all alone. So they find their bread and butter from several industries where women are appointed. But due to covid, many people became jobless. This scenario is nowhere different with Japanese women. So they moved towards killing themselves.
2. In Japan many women are not interested in getting married as the burden of the whole family sustains on their shoulders. But they do not have any permanent jobs. In such situations, the closure of almost all industries in Japan during covid forces them to commit suicide.
According to some news publishing companies, the total number of male-female suicide cases was 2199 in October. And the total number of deaths due to covid in the same time was 2087. It is quite surprising.
Celebrity suicide
A well-known and renowned Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi committed suicide in her home. This incident took place last year on 27 th September.
You will be surprised to know that within 10 days after the death of this actress, the suicide cases of 207 women were reported in Japan.
In Japan, neither the lockdown was very strict nor the covid death rate was high. But still, such several suicidal cases are a warning from Japan to the whole world. It even raises a question about how people in other countries are leading their lives in stressful covid situations.
