Friday, June 20, 2008

Japan suicides near record high in 2007 (Reuters)

Media crew walk in front of the Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital where doctors, nurses and patients developed breathing problems after a Japanese farmer threw up when doctors were trying to pump his stomach, spraying his rescuers with toxic fumes before his death in Kumamoto, southern Japan, Thursday, May 22, 2008. A total of 54 people were sickened by Chrolopicrin released by the 34-year-old man who committed suicide by drinking pesticide and 10 of them were hospitalized. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)Reuters - Over 33,000 people took their lives in Japan last year, topping 30,000 for the tenth consecutive year despite a government campaign to reduce what is one of the highest suicide rates in the world.




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