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Originally Posted by evanny
P.S those 30 000 Japanese only make up for 3% of worlds suicides. not exactly an epidemic.
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Its not an epidemic but i feel it could be the beginning of one. Its not a matter of the worlds population this is about Japan and Japan alone. For a country whose population is not only rapidly aging but has such a low birthrate the sheer amount of suicides is staggering. This not only effects Japans economy but that of any country that has trade with them therefore also effecting you.
Here you do the math
*In 2010 the Japanese population was roughly
127.08 million.
*There were roughly
2,186,121 foreign residents (but that number has started to drop and fast) so that puts the native Japanese population at around
124.8 million roughly
*More than
20 percent of Japan's total population is over
65 years old and only
13 percent is under 15.
*The number of suicides was at a 13 year high with
30,000 reported. The problem is not decreasing its increasing thats 26 suicides per 100,000 people. This amounts to approximately one suicide every 15 minutes.
Now add the low birth rate, rapid aging work force, drop in foreign residents working in the country, The reluctance of Japan to adopt a foreign work force policy and the high rate of suicide. What kind of potential problem do you have? I think its obvious at this point.