Suicides in Japan topped 30,000

Japan Today - News - Suicides in Japan topped 30,000 for the seventh straight year in 2004, with men accounting for more than two-thirds of the number, according to a report released by the National Police Agency on Thursday.
A total of 32,325 people committed suicide last year, down 2,102, or 6.1%, from 2003, when there was a record high of 34,427 suicides, the report said.

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