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Child suicides in Japan hit record high of 527 in 2024 (japantoday.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

Climate change + no future prospects under capitalism + lack of support structure due to overworked parents + crushing poverty in many cases. Japan has a lot of homeless and near homeless children.

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