China News Service, January 22. According to Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare released statistics on the 22nd, stating that there were 20,919 suicide deaths in the country in 2020, an increase of 750 from 2019, the first time in 11 years. increase.

Data map: Japan under the epidemic.

  According to reports, among the suicides in Japan in 2020, there were 13,943 males, 135 fewer than the previous year; 6976 females, an increase of 885 from the previous year.

Statistics show that for every 100,000 people in Japan, there are approximately 16.6 suicides.

  According to reports, this is the first increase in the number of suicides in Japan after a lapse of 11 years since 2009.

Report analysis said that this may be related to factors such as the deterioration of the economic situation caused by the new crown epidemic and changes in the family environment.

  According to the statistics of the Japanese National Police Agency, the year 2003 with the largest number of suicides in Japan was 34427.