The number of suicides in Japan increased by 9.5% year-on-year in March. Women increased by nearly 30%.

April 9 According to the website of the Japan Broadcasting Association on the 9th, the latest data released by the Japan Police Department showed that in March this year (2021), a total of 1,925 suicides in Japan, an increase of 9.5% compared with the same period in 2020, and the number of female suicides increased by nearly 30% year-on-year.

According to the report, the number of suicides in Japan in March was 1,270 men, an increase of 1.6% year-on-year, and 655 women, an increase of 28.9% year-on-year, and a year-on-year increase for the tenth consecutive month since June 2020.

By region, Tokyo had the highest number of suicides, at 185, followed by 120 in Aichi Prefecture, and 117 and 104 in Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures, respectively.