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Blue lights installed in Tokyo train stations to stop suicidesBlue lights installed in Tokyo train stations to stop suicides Japanese rail operators have installed blue lights at stations across the capital in a bid to deter passengers from killing themselves by jumping in front of trains. Published:... In this article: Suicide, Tokyo, East Japan Railway Co, and Japan |
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Stuff | November 04, 2009
Tokyo uses lights to deter suicides
Tokyo uses lights to deter suicides BLUE LIGHTS: Will the calming effect of the colour blue help to curb Japan's suicide problem? Relevant offers Asia China agencies squabble over Warcraft Obama brother writes about abuse China's...
In this article: Tokyo, East Japan Railway Co, Psychology, Japan, Fukuyama University, and China
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Kansas City Star | November 03, 2009
Tokyo train stations use lights to stem suicides
TOKYO Alarmed by a rise in people jumping to their deaths in front of trains, some Japanese railway operators are installing special blue lights above station platforms they hope will have a soothing effect and reduce suicides.
In this article: Tokyo, East Japan Railway, Psychology, Japan Railway, Fukuyama University, Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., and Japan
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FT.com - Comment and analysis | November 11, 2009
Okinawa hovers at the negotiating table
...wiped out. Kenzaburo Oe, Japan's Nobel Prize-winning author, chronicled those tragic events in Okinawa Notes, which documented the role of Japan's imperial army in coercing Okinawan civilians to commit suicide rather than surrender. In 2007,...
In this article: Okinawa, US, Japan, Tokyo, Barack Obama, DPJ, Washington, and Pacific
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Article: Defendant At Tokyo Detention House Committed Suicide.
Japan Weekly Monitor Article: Defendant At Tokyo Detention House Committed Suicide. AccessMyLibrary Provides Free Access To Over 30 Million Articles From Top...
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04-MAR-02 | 2 Boys Commit Suicide at Tokyo Reformatory+
Price: $4.95 | TOKYO, Feb. 26 Kyodo Two boys at a Tokyo juvenile medical reformatory committed suicide last September and February, the Justice Ministry said Tuesday...
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Breaking News English ESL Lesson Plan on Tokyo Suicides
News English Lessons: Free 13-Page ESL lesson plan on Tokyo Suicides - Handouts, online activity, mp3... for teaching current events.
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LED suicide deterrent lights installed on Tokyo's Yamanote ...
This is a view of special suicide deterrent lights installed at Shinjuku Station on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line. Photo taken November 9 , 2009:..Due to a rise in ...
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thumb|right|320px|A painting of the English romantic poet [[Thomas Chatterton, believed to have killed himself with arsenic in 1770]]
Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the intentional taking of one's own life. Many dictionaries also note the metaphorical sense of "willful destruction of one's self-interest" (e.g., "political suicide"). Suicide may occur for a number of reasons, including depression, shame, guilt, desperation, physical pain, emotional pressure, anxiety, financial difficulties, or other undesirable situations. The World Health Organization noted that over one million people commit suicide every year, and that it is one of the leading causes of death among teenagers and adults under 35. There are an estimated 10 to 20 million non-fatal attempted suicides every year worldwide.
Views on suicide have been influenced by cultural views on existential themes such as religion, honor, and the meaning of life. The Abrahamic religions consider suicide an offense towards God due to religious belief in the sanctity of life. In the West it was often regarded as a serious crime. Japanese views on honor and religion led to seppuku, one of the most painful methods of suicide, to be respected as a means to atone for mistakes or failure, or as a form of protest during the samurai era. In the 20th century, suicide in the form of self-immolation has been used as a form of protest, and in the form of kamikaze and suicide bombing as a military or terrorist tactic. Sati is a Hindu funeral practice in which the widow would immolate herself on her husband's funeral pyre, either willingly, or under pressure from the family and in-laws.
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