I wanted to open up the launch pad this week with some good news. However, it seems Japan doesn’t want me to have a good week. Let’s explore the front page of popular Japanese news site Japan Today to get an idea of just how unhappy people in Japan are at the moment.
If you take a good look at that page and it’s November 12th you’ll see what I mena. If you are reading this article at another time, then you’ll see articles about suicide here, here here and here. That is not to mention the principle who killed himself a couple of weeks ago. The saddest part of this is that most of the people killing themselves are younger people. This is simply a tragedy, and more needs to be done to get to these people before they go through with it.
If you take the two principals who have killed themselves in the last two weeks, it set a disturbing trend. You can start to see how some Japanese people in power positions handle responsibility. Instead of dealing with their problems, they escape them and leave them for others to clean up. At one point in Japan’s history, ritual suicide could almost have been considered an honorable way to end ones life. I can’t think it is like that anymore.
I have one request for the people of Japan. Please, for the love of god, start taking care of each other. You obviously have people in your society that cannot handle this artificial rat race you’ve created. Now either start making Japan a better place to live or face international condemnation.
I cannot believe that Japan has returned to the top ten best places to live. Obviously the U.N. isn’t counting suicide in their criteria. Perhpas they have also ignored hour worked, or vacation time taken. Good stats there, UN. I hope your week starts off on a better note than mine.
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