Number of suicides marks 1st year-on-year drop in Sept

TOKYO —The monthly number of people who committed suicide fell year-on-year in September for the first time this year but the total number of suicides from January through September rose 741 from a year earlier to 24,846, stirring concern that the annual figure could surpass 30,000 for the 12th straight year, the National Police Agency said Tuesday.

The September figure came to 2,475, down 239 from a year before, according to the NPA’s interim report. The overall rise in suicides has been attributed to the economic downturn triggered by the September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. But the interim report does not provide any clues regarding why the figure fell slightly in September as it does not show the occupations and ages of people who committed suicide.

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p/s: bukan berpuluh-puluh, main ratus-ratus tu.

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Kempen

ada orang atas van

Apa kata, pilihan raya lepas ni kita pasang speaker atas van ke bas ke kita kempen round setiap bandar. Ikut stail Jepun. Turki pun buat laguni.

Yang penting kita mendekati pengundi. Cuma kena ada bajet lor…

Filed under: coretan , kempen, pilihan raya, Shinjuku

Nice Volley

But he was sent off after that.

Filed under: coretan , Dragan Stojkovic, J League

Angkasa

replika roket di JAXA

Aku rasa Malaysia juga boleh melahirkan angkasawan sejati. Itupun jika mereka mahu.

Mahu apa?

Mahu melahirkan angkasawan sejati lah.

Tapi macam tak perlu lagi je. Ada benda lagi penting yang patut ditumpu. Perubahan sistem barangkali.

Filed under: coretan , Tsukuba, JAXA

Sungai

separuh tercemar?

Sungai bukan sekadar hiasan alam.

Ia lebih dari itu.

Elok dijaga, jernihlah warnanya.

Tiada ragu untuk diminum.

Orang suka minum coke mungkin sebab air sungai dilihat tidak bersih.

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