There has been an increase in the number of suicides in Japan during the Corona period. Concerned about rising suicide in the country, the Japanese government has taken a major step forward and appointed a minister of loneliness to overcome loneliness. Japan has made the decision after the epidemic, that is, after nearly 11 years in 2020, Japan has reported such a large number of suicides due to loneliness.
According to the Japan Times, following the Prime Minister of Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihida Suga has added a post of ‘loneliness minister’ to his alliance earlier this month. Explain that Britain also became the first country in the world by appointing a similar post in 2018.
Japan’s prime minister, Suga, Tatsushi Sakamoto, is responsible for this. Tatsushi Sakamoto, the minister of ‘loneliness’, is already in charge of combating the country’s declining birth rate and revitalizing regional economies.
According to CNN, in his first press conference since taking office, Minister Sakamoto, Prime Minister Yoshihida Suga, considered it a national issue, giving him the responsibility to address it. I have been commissioned to address the increasing suicide rate of women under infectious disease. Sakamoto said, ‘Prime Minister Suga has directed me to coordinate with the concerned ministry, investigate the issue and formulate a comprehensive strategy. I hope that some activities will be undertaken to prevent social loneliness and isolation and to save relationships between people. ‘
CNN reports that the Japanese government has created a ‘Office of Isolation / Loneliness’ inside the Cabinet on February 19 for cases such as increased suicide and child poverty during the corona epidemic. According to data from the Johns Hopkins University, if we talk about corona orgia in Japan, there are over 426,000 cases of covidine in Japan, resulting in 7,577 deaths.
Because of what
Loneliness and social isolation are the main reasons behind suicide in the country. However, epidemic loneliness has only worsened the situation. A number of sanctions were imposed in 2020 to fight the coronavirus epidemic. It also banned social gatherings in the country.
The Internet is also exacerbating depression
The problem of loneliness is increased among adolescents during the corona epidemic. This is due to excessive internet use among adolescents. This was revealed in a study. They have been victims of being online for a long time. A total of 1,750 adolescents were included in the study. This includes people under the age of 16, 17 and 18 years. Most of them spent a lot of time on the Internet. The study has been published in the Journal of Child Development.
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