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::: One of my professors at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Dr. Peter Kuzmic, often expressed the value of reading daily both the Bible and the newspaper. Pray for the world, he would say with Slovenian flair, as you pray through the word. In Kuzmician fashion, here is an article -- with spacing changed for easier reading -- from the 8 June edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun (www.yomiuri.co.jp) which provides a window into Japanese society and, as the article suggests, school life:
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A total of 886 students and pupils committed suicide last year, the highest figure since such records were first compiled in 1978, according to statistics released Thursday by the National Police Agency.
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However, the overall number of suicides came to 32,155, down 397 from the previous year, but topping the 30,000 mark for the ninth straight year.
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The number of suicides by those 19 or younger climbed by 2.5 percent to 623, including 14 primary school students, an increase of seven over the previous year, 81 middle school students (up 15) and 220 high school students (up five).
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An increase in suicides was recorded in the age brackets of 60 or older and 19 or younger.
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Financial difficulties decreased as a motive for suicide, reflecting the economic recovery, but health problems and work- and school-related issues were increasingly cited as motives for people taking their lives.
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A breakdown by sex of 32,155 suicides showed 22,813 were committed by males, down 3.1 percent from the previous year, and 9,342 by females, up 3.7 percent.
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By age, those 60 or older accounted for the biggest proportion, 11,120, up 2.1 percent over the previous year, followed by the 50-59 age bracket, at 7,246, down 4.5 percent, and the 40-49 bracket, at 5,008, down 3.8 percent.
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Of the 10,466 people who left suicide notes, 4,341 (up 4.7 percent from the previous year) cited health problems as their motives for suicides. Those who cited family, work- and school-related issues amounted to 1,041 (up 3.2 percent), 709 (up 8.4 percent) and 91 (up 28.2 percent), respectively, each being the highest figure since 1998 for which comparable statistics are available.
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Given the sharp increase in school-related issues as motives for suicides, the NPA has listed "bullying" as an additional motive.
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::: One of my professors at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Dr. Peter Kuzmic, often expressed the value of reading daily both the Bible and the newspaper. Pray for the world, he would say with Slovenian flair, as you pray through the word. In Kuzmician fashion, here is an article -- with spacing changed for easier reading -- from the 8 June edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun (www.yomiuri.co.jp) which provides a window into Japanese society and, as the article suggests, school life:
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A total of 886 students and pupils committed suicide last year, the highest figure since such records were first compiled in 1978, according to statistics released Thursday by the National Police Agency.
.
.
However, the overall number of suicides came to 32,155, down 397 from the previous year, but topping the 30,000 mark for the ninth straight year.
.
.
The number of suicides by those 19 or younger climbed by 2.5 percent to 623, including 14 primary school students, an increase of seven over the previous year, 81 middle school students (up 15) and 220 high school students (up five).
.
.
An increase in suicides was recorded in the age brackets of 60 or older and 19 or younger.
.
.
Financial difficulties decreased as a motive for suicide, reflecting the economic recovery, but health problems and work- and school-related issues were increasingly cited as motives for people taking their lives.
.
.
A breakdown by sex of 32,155 suicides showed 22,813 were committed by males, down 3.1 percent from the previous year, and 9,342 by females, up 3.7 percent.
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.
By age, those 60 or older accounted for the biggest proportion, 11,120, up 2.1 percent over the previous year, followed by the 50-59 age bracket, at 7,246, down 4.5 percent, and the 40-49 bracket, at 5,008, down 3.8 percent.
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Of the 10,466 people who left suicide notes, 4,341 (up 4.7 percent from the previous year) cited health problems as their motives for suicides. Those who cited family, work- and school-related issues amounted to 1,041 (up 3.2 percent), 709 (up 8.4 percent) and 91 (up 28.2 percent), respectively, each being the highest figure since 1998 for which comparable statistics are available.
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Given the sharp increase in school-related issues as motives for suicides, the NPA has listed "bullying" as an additional motive.
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