More people died of suicide in Japan in one month than the entire coronavirus pandemic

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More people died of suicide in Japan in one month than the entire coronavirus pandemic​

The National Police Agency said suicides surged to 2,153 in October alone​

By Vandana Rambaran | Fox News

Japan is struggling with a mental health crisis as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, with more people dying in one month from suicide than from COVID-19 all year long.

The National Police Agency said suicides surged to 2,153 in October alone, with more than 17,000 people taking their own lives this year to date, CBS reported.

By comparison, fewer than 2,000 people in the country have died from COVID-19 in 2020.

Experts say the pandemic has exacerbated mental health issues due to prolonged lockdowns, isolation from family members, unemployment and other financial concerns, and a lack of school structure.

“We need to seriously confront reality,” chief government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said this week . . . .

More people died of suicide in Japan in one month than the entire coronavirus pandemic | Fox News

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The above is more “nuclear fallout” from corona over reaction.

The media emotional appeals for more GOVERNMENT and more Government lockdowns of non-criminals usually IGNORE such issues as above.

They pretend quarantining HEALTHY people, mandated masking-up, and social distancing (frequently mandated at six feet, but morphs into standing OUTSIDE and looking at loved ones through a window once in awhile from afar) does not factor into their inappropriate emotion-based “safety equation”.

Their inappropriate “safety equation” (that pretends these over reaching Government mandates are all “upside”) ignores risk-benefit ratios and pretends it is all “benefits”.

 

[YADA]

So very sad …

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

Japan has been in social crisis for a long time.

 

[Viki63]

I read that only 1% of the Japanese population are Christian. They need to hear the good news. I’d be suicidal too if I didn’t know about Jesus.

 

[ioannes_pius]

Kyrie Eleison

 

[YADA]

I read that only 1% of the Japanese population are Christian. They need to hear the good news. I’d be suicidal too if I didn’t know about Jesus.

Well Canada is very similar to the USA and a woman in a retirement center in Canada decided on an assisted suicide rather than submit to another shut down where she was unable to have human interaction with family, and others, go out to the library etc … having been confined to her room last spring for 2 months was somehting she could not do a second time … how sad is that? In my mind it is very sad …

When death is preferable to shutting away and isolating healthy individuals, robbing people of their livelihoods, children of their education and families of being together in addition to people with other medical needs that necessary care. and the right to worship plus destroying the economy’s of nearly every nation …we have reached a new low and loss of hope - even for people of faith

 

[Cathoholic]

Japan has been in social crisis for a long time.

True enough. This exacerbated it. As @Viki63 suggests (and @0Scarlett_nidiyilii. I have seen your great posts and know you too affirm the need for our Lord Jesus as well). They need to know Jesus on a much larger scale.

 

[Cathoholic]

robbing . . . children of their education

This is a great point YADA that is not mentioned enough.

195 Million Chinese Students Are In School. Why Aren’t Our Kids?​

November 28, 2020 Evita Duffy

Right now in China, 195 million students K-12 are learning in-person in Chinese public schools. Meanwhile, millions of American public school students are learning in a failed remote system that can’t even keep track of thousands of students who haven’t shown up for class all year .

In 2018, 15-year-olds in dozens of countries participated in the triennial Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). The PISA test measures reading ability, math and science literacy, and other key skills. American scores are decidedly unimpressive, with students scoring in the middle of the pack for all categories. Most frighteningly, China beats the United States in every category.

While China does not test or educate every Chinese child like the United States does for its citizens, China’s affluent and middle-class areas also outperform affluent and middle-class U.S. areas. In addition, U.S. students underperform their peers in developed nations that also educate every child…

In addition, over the last two decades U.S. students’ scores have remained virtually stagnant, while China continually does better and better every three years. In other words, China’s developed areas are out-performing us, and the gap is only getting bigger.

Most parents and students already know that online learning is not working. A look at recent headlines says it all:
“Coronavirus: Failing grades spike in Bay Area schools with distance learning,”
“25% of Wake middle and high school students failed a class during remote learning,”
“Remote learning increases failing grades by 83 percent in Fairfax county,” and
“5000 Alabama students haven’t shown up for any sort of class.”

Yes, the way China manages in-person schooling is authoritarian. The Communist Party keeps watch, making sure teachers are following a detailed hygiene protocol. Local officials routinely inspect classrooms, and the government uses apps and other technology to monitor students and staff, and restrict their movements. It has even instructed parents to stay away from their children.

But Americans have also been very compliant with overreaching COVID regulations. When school was open, singing was banned and kids were forced to wear masks while playing basketball or attending outdoor…

195 Million Chinese Students Are In School. Why Aren’t Our Kids?

 

[toabb]

195 Million Chinese Students Are In School. Why Aren’t Our Kids?​

well… the Chinese governmental response has been much, much, much. much (is that enough?) different than our federal level response, or lack there of. It’s pretty striking to see the results.

 

[Cathoholic]

our federal level response

Our “federal level response” is not keeping the children out of schools.

 

[toabb]

nope. their federal response has kept covid out of society…ours, meh, not so much

 

[Peeps]

well… the Chinese governmental response has been much, much, much. much (is that enough?) different than our federal level response, or lack there of. It’s pretty striking to see the results.

Our Chinese friends tell us that human life isn’t worth much in China, so it’s possible that there have been just as many deaths (percentage-wise) as in our country and they don’t bother to keep track or honor those who have died by remembering them in public.

 

[LeafByNiggle]

toabb:

well… the Chinese governmental response has been much, much, much. much (is that enough?) different than our federal level response, or lack there of. It’s pretty striking to see the results.

Our Chinese friends tell us that human life isn’t worth much in China, so it’s possible that there have been just as many deaths (percentage-wise) as in our country and they don’t bother to keep track or honor those who have died by remembering them in public.

Even if the Chinese were hiding 9 out of every 10 deaths due to Covid-19, they would still be having less than 1/10 of the deaths per million of the US. Despite the Chinese government’s suppression of journalists, there are still so many journalists in China that a deception that big could not be contained for so long.

As for Japan and the OP, this speaks more of the success of Japan in fighting covid than it does of the insignificance of covid itself. In the US, the covid death toll is on track to be nearly ten times the suicide death toll.

 

[Motherwit]

Japan looks to avert Covid-19 lockdowns and keep economy open

Japan is an example of a NO lockdown society so it can’t be a consequence of lockdown.

 

[Motherwit]

Viki63:

I read that only 1% of the Japanese population are Christian. They need to hear the good news. I’d be suicidal too if I didn’t know about Jesus.

Well Canada is very similar to the USA and a woman in a retirement center in Canada decided on an assisted suicide rather than submit to another shut down where she was unable to have human interaction with family, and others, go out to the library etc … having been confined to her room last spring for 2 months was somehting she could not do a second time … how sad is that? In my mind it is very sad …

Even in no lockdown societies, aged care homes are still subject to lockdown because of the death rate among the elderly.

 

[Cathoholic]

Japan is an example of a NO lockdown society

There is an elective (not mandated) lockdown.

In Japan, … the government can count on the public to comply.

Which still results in isolation and attitude changes.

Japan’s coronavirus fatigue is fueling defiance in Tokyo, even as the case count rises​

By Kaori Enjoji and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN

Tue August 18, 2020

Tokyo (CNN)Ayumi Sato is trying to be careful. But she’s had enough. Lockdown fatigue is setting in for Sato, a 34-year-old stock trader who lives in Tokyo, and she’s not alone.

There’s a tinge of defiance throughout the Japanese capital, where many feel their leaders have only done the bare minimum to stop the novel coronavirus pandemic.

“Yes, we should listen to the government,” Sato said. “But we all have our own situations, we cannot always swallow whatever the government says. We cannot survive without working, we cannot stop going out altogether.” . . .

. . . Authorities in Tokyo . . . have requested restaurants and bars that serve alcohol to close at 10 p.m. to mitigate the risk of contracting the virus indoors. . . .

. . . “I don’t like that in Japanese culture, they expect you to obey … we have a brain to think (for ourselves),” said Hasegawa, who plans to keep his restaurant open until midnight. . . .

. . . Hasegawa’s comments on obedience refer to a Japanese cultural norm known as jishuku, which translates to self-restraint. The belief is that ostentatious behavior is in poor taste during a time of national crisis, and it’s a mantra that was repeatedly used after the 2011 earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster.

While Japanese culture may have a reputation as rule-abiding to the point of inflexible, it’s important not to paint the entire society with such a broad brush . . .

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/asia/tokyo-coronavirus-fatigue-intl-hnk/index.html

Coronavirus: Japan’s mysteriously low virus death rate​

By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
BBC News, Tokyo

3 July 2020

. . . These discoveries led to the government launching a nationwide campaign warning people to avoid the “Three Cs”.

• Enclosed spaces with poor ventilation
• Crowded places with many people
• Close contact settings such as face-to-face conversations.

“I think that probably worked better than just telling people to stay at home,” Dr Jindai says. . . .

The government asked, people listened​

. . . In Japan, though, the government can count on the public to comply.

Despite not ordering people to stay at home, on the whole, they did.

“It was lucky but also surprising,” Prof Shibuya says. “Japan’s mild lockdowns seems to have had a real lockdown effect. Japanese people complied despite the lack of draconian measures.” . . .

. . . Japan asked people to take care, stay away from crowded places, wear masks and wash their hands - and by and large, that is exactly what most people have done.

Coronavirus: Japan's mysteriously low virus death rate

Japan has also had Government-enforced travel bans against some countries.

Bold mine.