Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Suicide in Japan is a problem nationally. Causes of suicide include unemployment (due to the economic recession in the 1990s), depression, and social pressures. Japan has one of the world''s highest suicide rates, especially amongst industrialized nations, and the Japanese government says the rate for 2006 is ninth highest in the world. In 2009, the number of suicides exceeded 30,000 for the twelfth straight year Since 2008, the economic situation worsened in Japan due to the global financial crisis, and this has pushed the suicide rate in Japan even higher.