- The coronavirus pandemic led to 8,000 more suicides in Japan between March 2020 and June 2022 than would have been expected without it, a recent study calculated.
- Women in their 20s saw the largest rise, but women aged 19 or younger also saw a significant increase.
- The unemployment rate has been hovering between around 2.5 and 3.0 percent since March 2020, when infections started to increase across the country, higher than the rate of about 2.4 percent expected in forecasts made before the pandemic.
No. of suicides in Japan increased 8,000 due to pandemic : study …
