SUICIDES AMONG JAPAN’S WORKING WOMEN SURGED IN 2020

Tue 02 November 2021:

According to a government data released on Tuesday, suicides among working women in Japan have increased throughout the pandemic.

According to national broadcaster NHK, the number of suicides among women climbed by 935 to 7,026 in 2020, according to the government’s white paper on suicide prevention.

The uptick in suicides is the first in two years, according to the data.

“It suggests this could be due to changes in working conditions caused by the spread of coronavirus infections,” the report added.

Among men, who committed suicide, the number fell by 23 to 14,055. “It is the 11th drop in a row.”

A total of 21,081 people ended their life in the island nation last year, an increase of 912 from 2019.

“It is the first year-on-year increase since 2009. The previous increase followed the 2008 global financial crisis,” the report said.

The largest increase in suicides among working women was seen in “employees, who worked in offices, provided health care, or furnished other kinds of services.”

“There was an increase in the number of cases in which changes in working environments, and relations with others at work, were cited as possible reasons or motives for the women’s suicides,” it added.

In Japan, the world’s third largest economy, nearly 1.72 million COVID-19 cases have been reported, with 18,275 deaths.

The pandemic damaged the country’s economy, which had been stagnant for decades, leading the government to launch various stimulus packages.

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