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No. of suicides in Japan falls for 6th straight year
NATIONAL MAR. 18, 2016 - 03:20PM JST ( 16 )TOKYO —

The number of suicides in Japan decreased for the sixth straight year in 2015, falling 5.5% from the year before to 24,025, the National Police Agency said Friday.

The number of suicides related to the 2011 major earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis came to 23, up from 22 in 2014, with those in Fukushima Prefecture accounting for 19 of them, according to the police data.

Three others were in Iwate Prefecture, and another was in Miyagi Prefecture, it showed.

The suicides in Fukushima accounted for more than 80% of the total disaster-linked suicides for the first time, reflecting effects of the prolonged evacuations due to the meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, government officials said.

“People becoming distressed or isolated at places they evacuated to could be a cause” of the suicides, said a Cabinet Office official analyzing the data.

By age group, people in their 70s accounted for the largest portion among the disaster-linked suicides with seven, followed by five in their 60s and four in their 40s and 80s, respectively. One was in his or her 20s, the data showed.

Thirteen of them killed themselves over health reasons, while six cases involved family problems, according to the data.

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