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In Japan, more people died from suicide last month than from Covid in all of 2020. And women have been impacted most – CNN
More people died from suicide in Japan in October than succumbed to Covid-19 all year. And more women are taking their own lives, as they lose part-time work and…
By Selina Wang, Rebecca Wright and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN
Updated 8:47 PM ET, Sat November 28, 2020
Tokyo (CNN)Eriko Kobayashi has tried to kill herself four times.
The first time, she was just 22 years old with a full-time job in publishing that didn’t pay enough to cover her rent and grocery bills in Tokyo. “I was really poor,” said Kobayashi, who spent three days unconscious in hospital after the incident.
Now 43, Kobayashi has written books on her mental health struggles and has a steady job at…
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