I am not in possession of the suicide rates of your typical Chinese tech sweatshop (or, indeed, assembly-line workers anywhere), but eight in five months sounds a bit high to me.
“We regret to see the recurrence of such incidents,” …
Japanese voice actor Daisuke Gori has died of self-inflicted stab wounds, according to Tokyo Web. Gori was known for a number of roles, chiefly numerous roles in the Dragon Ball Z franchise (including Umigame and Ox King). Gori also lent …
Wow. Apparently one particular bridge in Guangzhou is so popular for suicides that officials got sick of the traffic jams they constantly caused. They tried everything to deter the despairing, but nothing worked. Until someone came up with the ingenious …
An engineer working at a factory in Shenzen, China committed suicide last week after a prototype iPhone he was responsible for went missing.…
The Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper said Sun — responsible for sending iPhone prototypes to Apple — noticed
This is weird and sad at the same time. A lovely forest at the foot of Mount Fuji has become a popular spot…not for romantic walks or picnics, but for killing oneself.
CNN Article
In an attempt to stem the …
Golly gee willikers!
A rash of underage suicides has moved a Shanghai bookstore to ban the comic believed to be the source of inspiration. ‘The Rabbit Who Wanted to Kill Itself‘ (shouldn’t that be ‘The Rabbit Which …
If you’d asked me five minutes ago which Asian country has the highest suicide rate per 10,000 people – between Japan and South Korea, I’d have said Japan…and as usual, I’d have been wrong. Nope, the winner of the Suicide …
Man, if this keeps up there won’t be enough Japanese people left to supply the West’s insatiable appetite for sushi and anime.
Japanese police evacuated 34 people from an apartment building Wednesday after a man apparently killed himself by mixing …
Lately there’s been a lot of coverage of suicides in Japan; from suicide pacts to tons of people getting sick from detergent-suicides. Well, here is some happy news: Paul Touten wants to save Japan’s victims of depression, and he will …
Man, what is up with this? I’ve heard of the infamous ‘website suicides’, in which websites encourage visitors to off themselves using a number of methods (jumping in front of passenger trains seems to be fairly popular), but this is …
