Re: Japan is one of the leaders in the world in number of suicides.

Japan is one of the leaders in the world by quantity of suicides among adults and among children. I don't understand why. I've never been in this country, but I think that it is a very beautiful and technologically developed country. I think it interesting to live. Does anyone know why this happens?

I've heard of killing myself in Japan. People say that if anyone makes a big mistake, doing a very shameful thing, they choose to end their lives by thrusting a knife into their stomachs. Some say that in order to protect friends, and the crowds, if by suicide can protect many people, they are better suicide. I do not know if anyone is still doing that in this day and age. I'm not too sure.

It's a good thing that we do not have such a ritual, and many of them now would not be sitting at this forum because of their mistakes Grin

I think it's stupid. Mistakes are made all. If you are alive you always have the opportunity to correct your mistakes, and that can make dead? I believe that suicide is a sign of weakness, an attempt is easy to avoid problems.

It is not of mistake actually but more in their pride/ego. Putting yourself in disgrace and shame is what really drives them to do suicides that is traced back from the history of Japanese people who do harakiri. I agree with you that by suicide, you are dumping the opportunity to correct your mistake and you are dumping the possibility to reclaim the honor or to get up from the disgrace/shame that you are in. Though in them, this is the only thing they can do to compensate it and they think that they will found honor or preserving the pride they have left by suicide and saving them and much especially their family or country from the disgrace/shame they have brought. Still, I believe that life is a gift to us and you have no right to take the life of others or to yourself but hence it on the time and to God's will as to when our life would end.