By TOMOE ISHIKAWA/ Staff Writer
January 20, 2023 at 18:37 JST
A member of Kobe Lifeline, a suicide prevention charity, answers a call in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Sept. 9, 2022. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The number of suicides in Japan increased for the first time in two years in 2022, led by a surge in older men taking their lives, the health ministry said Jan. 20. [Read More]
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