Author: David Reda

By David Reda – In October 2020, 2,100 Japanese committed suicide during in that one month alone – more than people who died of COVID in Japan during the whole year. “Many people are taking their own precious lives. We have to take this reality seriously,” said Katsunobu Kato, then Japan’s chief cabinet secretary. “Each of us must work to create a society without suicide. Not only journalists but communities and relatives should watch carefully and listen, so that those who are struggling do not become isolated.” The staggering statistics reveal a broken Japanese society. Japan, which has been resistant…