Did you know that Mari Kanazawa linked to this video on her blog 'Watashi to Tokyo' this week? Your face popped up in my blog reader. Also, YouTubeBT/JapanTrainVideos/SoftyPapa also made a video about this subject recently.
Damn...this is a country with low obesity rates, lowest rates of cancer, and just a healthy nation when it comes to eating a variety of awesome food like Fish, Vegetables, Green Tea, and fruit.
But? It still not enough...depression is a Global problem and it is sad when someone takes their own life because Japan is a country that doesn't believe in failure and strict. I've heard when a student fails a test or a Business man fails a presentation in a meeting, they are treated like outcasts :(
I lived in Kobe for a year and only 2 suicides occur during that time... I'm not saying is ok but I live in Venezuela and I've seen more here... and as sad as it is; one becomes use to it... even if you don't like it...
I think the reason why they make the family pay for everything (even if I don't know that's the case) is so those thinking on killing themselves for "money" (like not to be a burden) will consider not to, so their families wont have to pay, it might not be the best way but is one
I was in Kobe in the beginning of January! But Korea surpassed Japan in suicides.
This stuff happens in the US, too, though not as often (reasons not the least of which being fewer trains) A guy once tried to commit suicide by parking his truck on the tracks, then chickened out... He fled, left his truck, two trains were coming in opposite directions, and the truck derailed one, which hit the other... many people died, because a guy wanted to commit suicide and was too dumb to just stand there
The first time I heard about this is on a different japans blog and they showed that some one had jumped in front of a bullet train as it was passing !!! Hard to believe that, that happen in such a modern country such as Japan. O.O
Suicide is a big problem in Japan (and sadly, an even larger problem in neighbouring South Korea). But I don't think you can fully understand the problem with only a western perspective. For starters, the Japanese have an ancient culture with a very long (and infamous) tradition of ritual suicide.
oddly this happened to me in england a few days ago, no trains cus someone was hit by one, but im pretty sure it was an accident here and not attempted suicide. Though in tokyo i experienced exactly that a few times actually
A "human damage accident"? That's what they have the audacity to call it? PATHETIC! Frankly, I don't wonder that the suicide rate in Japan is so high, given what I've heard about their obsessive work-ethic which demands near-fanatical loyalty and a willingness to work well into the night hours if deemed necessary-even at the expense of family life. If they're so freakin' worried about delay-related costs, they should penalize the businesses that cause these problems, not victims' families.
Hi Kevin. My wife is Japanese (from Kobe) and it is certainly the case that families of people who jump under trains have to pay compensation for the disruption caused. As you will know the train services in Japan are excellent and any delay at all can only be caused by exceptional weather or (more often) suicide. Sad but very true.
imagine if the 30,000 people who commit suicide every year instead formed a coalition to challenge the problems in their society that are driving them to suicide. that would be interesting. but if they're each so individually isolated then of course that will never happen.
this sort of thing happens on occasion in the city where i currently live (not japan) but it's not suicide. it's usually just some drunk person accidentally falling off the platform onto the electrified rail. occasionally suicide. no restitution by family members here. not sure about the restitution. i can see parents paying restitution for failing to guide and care for their children well enough that they would want to live. but other family restitution scenarios wouldn't really make sense.
Theres a Japanese director named Sion Sono that made a psychological/ horror movie called "Suicide Club" or "Suicide Circle" in Japan, in which he made to bring to attention the extremely high suicide rate in Japan. One of the weirder movies ive seen but liked it nontheless. He also made a sequal called "Noriko's Dinner Table" or "Noriko No Shokutaku" in Japan....scope them out if your interested but warning that they are weird as hell and aren't for everyone.
I was there for 3 weeks in 2010 and two people jumped in front of trains on different days. The natioanal police force seems to say there is an average of 30000 suicides in Japan per year.
Its a lak of understanding of the mind that can believe that.
Or just speaking to the less depressive hoping it will cause them to rethink. But for many, there is nothing else, and I know the feeling, though I could never go that far. I am too weak to commit suicide. Takes more guts than you can imagine.
It is the easy way out, but only if you think in how much hell a person will feel over their lifetime if they dont suicide.
@waltermh111 Still, japan is a unique case because most of them arent suiciding for the same reason as other countries.
Their social pressures are so different, and the only real answer is a complete restructuring of their culture.
But I am not anti-suicide.
I am Anti-jumping in front of moving obects though. Assisted suicide would help this, but stupidly countries worry more about population numbers than their own citizens needs.
Let people deal with their lives the way they want.
Yes, I read that the family of the suicide has to pay the bills. I think I read it in Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein who was a gaijin reporter for a big newspaper in Tokyo. Supposedly, it's to make the person considering suicide think twice about the ramifications. Also, if a suicide is committed in an apartment, the family of the suicide victim has to pay restitution to the landlord. Sad situation.
Very sad for the families and commuters. I live in Southern New England and we've had a rise of suicides like that since we started a bullet train service from Boston to NYC. It's already an awful thing to do to your family. I can't imagine insulting their injury by billing them fit it.
It's quite the contrast from what I generally would think about Japan. I would think most folks wouldn't want to 'inconvenience' others by jumping in front of a train (or by killing themselves in general.) I guess, however, once you get to that point, you kind of stop caring.
Since most Japanese don't have a religion, perhaps they don't have the same beliefs about sins and afterlife. Suicide may be viewed in a little different light. The saddest part may not be the fact that someone's taken their own life, but it's the admission to the world that they have failed to fulfill expectations in the society where everyone's required to perform their part. I think that's why the Japanese seem calm with the idea, while the rest of us are more shocked and disturbed by it.
2 weeks ago it happened 3 days in a row in Tokyo...I heard that some lines actually fine less than other lines, and because of that some have more suicides on them
A spot-on video. Especially in Tokyo I've ran into this sad, sad incident of 人身事故 multiple times a week. However, I'm glad to see even SOME reaction from the behalf of JR to the very alarming trend of the crazy amount of suicides. Not have they only installed blue led lighting on some stations to soothe the minds of the potential suicide candidates, but they have also been installing man-sized mirrors on some stations very near the tracks.
Ive seen things like that in Anime, but I've never pictured it in real life. The only thing I've heard about was the Aokigahara Suicide Forest from Destination Truth. Truly a Sad way to go out.
This is the perfect example of why suicide is a completely selfish act. It burdens the individual's family financially and emotionally. I burdens the train passengers and driver, not to mention the people that have to clean it up. These individuals are either completely irrational at the point of their death, or they are only thinking about their own problems.
@truebeleafs Great way to be hypocritical and be inconsiderate of the suiciders problems.
I am against train suicides due to the inconvenience to so many people, but to go on a rampage against suicide itself is just as selfish of you, as if you, or any other selfish person worried more about their feelings than the suiciders, are worth more consideration.
I love how the English says something along the lines of 'accident', while the Japanese says something along the line of 自殺 (Suicide). Isn't it common to find this sort of thing on a Monday morning or a Friday afternoon? Sad reality.
Back in Toronto, there isn't a lot of train suicides but there is the Don Valley river where many ppl try to commit suicide there at the bridge, so to resolve it, the city placed nets under the stop ppl from drowning.... pretty sad though... as it was like last year ago a teacher took his life on the subway due to some crime he did... guessing happens around the world~!
Its a very vicious cycle by the sounds of it, because if one person decides he cant afford a living, or is depressed. That effect will then in doubt be passed onto family members grieving or paying out high fee's. Likewise, i feel more upset for the Train driver at the time just going about his day.
This happens all the time in London. I have to admit, I feel more sympathy for the driver than the person who has jumped. They are just doing their job and for most it is a job they like to do. Things like that can shatter a person.
The train company doesn't charge the family for the sake of being cruel. They've had to resort to that because so many people were jumping in front of trains that they could no longer bear the costs associated with this occurrence such as cleanup of the body and stalling of services. Suicide wouldn't be so frequent in Japan if it wasn't for the prevalence of the "death before dishonor" mentality
WOW!!!! Some ppl Choose Suicide By Train??? Kinda Reminds Me Of That J-horror Move I Watch Called "Suicide Circle" Where Some Girls killed themselves by jumping on the tracks and the train rolled over them in a bloody mess, i know it's a serious matter though when it comes to suicides by train, i feel really bad for japan to have such a highest rate of suicides, really i do
at least they didn't waste hundreds of millions of dollars on the stupid shields like korea did? they can't force a dead person to pay and the family can just refuse to pay ,its not like they can legally charged it ! they signed no contract :P i don't understand why the victims of the nuke damage didn't charge TEPCO for damages and cost for there property or damages ,NOW THAT HAS LEGAL BINDING as a company did the error or unproper safeguards in place? the japanese gov't is messed up
It's really sad when people choose to end their lives. I also agree with you on the billing of the family members. I think the government should pay for that.
If someone feels so bad that they wish to end their lives, I always lose some sympathy when they jump in front of trains or drive their motorcycles into ongoing traffic etc. Honestly, if you wish to end your life, don't involve other people who will be struggling with the incident for the rest of their life.
@sjureman Not the government, the company should. The Government had nothing to do with the incident. I think the premise for charging the family for the suicide is to punish them for not helping the person and preventing the suicide. This is just speculation on my part.
Can you create a blog about Japan and some of the social issues there? I like your videos but you are limited by YouTube's attention span. I'm interested in finding work there after school is over.
@shamusl it is true....for the sake or YT i keep the videos short. These are issues that need more attention. I have to admit though, I really don't now enough to get "in-depth."
@BusanKevin so would Youtube actually delete your longer videos? Do they have complete control over what you put on your channel? I heard some negative things about partnership in that aspect.. btw what city are you in?
@shamusl Look up Unrested's Youtube channel, he's done quite a bit of videos about some of the "darker" elements as well as more up-to-date info about teaching English in Japan
I heard that it was a common occurrence out there. There is always a better way for sure. I wonder if there are services out there to help people deal with depression?
@BusanKevin Maybe that is why the suicide rate is so high because they are all keeping their feelings built up inside. That definitely has its ups and downs in their culture. How sad that they chose to take their own life. Do they not even discuss feelings with family or spouses?
My brother was on a train a little while ago when somebody decided to commit suicide by jumping in front of the train. He felt the train go over the person and he was pretty upset about it, as were a lot of people on the train. I feel so bad for the conductor of the train, since they have to deal with it. It's such a sad thing.
Did you know that Mari Kanazawa linked to this video on her blog 'Watashi to Tokyo' this week? Your face popped up in my blog reader. Also, YouTubeBT/JapanTrainVideos/SoftyPapa also made a video about this subject recently.
ItchyKneeSon 1 week ago
That happens nearly every week where i live!!
doublegeedee 2 weeks ago
Damn...this is a country with low obesity rates, lowest rates of cancer, and just a healthy nation when it comes to eating a variety of awesome food like Fish, Vegetables, Green Tea, and fruit.
But? It still not enough...depression is a Global problem and it is sad when someone takes their own life because Japan is a country that doesn't believe in failure and strict. I've heard when a student fails a test or a Business man fails a presentation in a meeting, they are treated like outcasts :(
EricSchwin22 3 weeks ago
I lived in Kobe for a year and only 2 suicides occur during that time... I'm not saying is ok but I live in Venezuela and I've seen more here... and as sad as it is; one becomes use to it... even if you don't like it...
I think the reason why they make the family pay for everything (even if I don't know that's the case) is so those thinking on killing themselves for "money" (like not to be a burden) will consider not to, so their families wont have to pay, it might not be the best way but is one
Chessi 1 month ago
That is sad indeed, :\ thank you for the vid.
MANNY100123 1 month ago
I was in Kobe in the beginning of January! But Korea surpassed Japan in suicides.
This stuff happens in the US, too, though not as often (reasons not the least of which being fewer trains) A guy once tried to commit suicide by parking his truck on the tracks, then chickened out... He fled, left his truck, two trains were coming in opposite directions, and the truck derailed one, which hit the other... many people died, because a guy wanted to commit suicide and was too dumb to just stand there
bobtheduck 1 month ago
The first time I heard about this is on a different japans blog and they showed that some one had jumped in front of a bullet train as it was passing !!! Hard to believe that, that happen in such a modern country such as Japan. O.O
MrAnimethunder 1 month ago
If you jump in front of a tree that’s falling down…pretty sure that’s dangerous.
kennedy271109 1 month ago
Even sadder is the regret I'm sure many have as soon as they jump. Talk about an 'Oh SH_ T' moment.
JoeCubicle 1 month ago
I'm not surprised. A couple weeks ago, my friend saw a guy jump in front on a train on his way back to Nagoya.
MasseyNM 1 month ago
Suicide is a big problem in Japan (and sadly, an even larger problem in neighbouring South Korea). But I don't think you can fully understand the problem with only a western perspective. For starters, the Japanese have an ancient culture with a very long (and infamous) tradition of ritual suicide.
peacefulpony 1 month ago
oddly this happened to me in england a few days ago, no trains cus someone was hit by one, but im pretty sure it was an accident here and not attempted suicide. Though in tokyo i experienced exactly that a few times actually
Auron710 1 month ago
A "human damage accident"? That's what they have the audacity to call it? PATHETIC! Frankly, I don't wonder that the suicide rate in Japan is so high, given what I've heard about their obsessive work-ethic which demands near-fanatical loyalty and a willingness to work well into the night hours if deemed necessary-even at the expense of family life. If they're so freakin' worried about delay-related costs, they should penalize the businesses that cause these problems, not victims' families.
UniteIreland07 1 month ago
CERCL
SmilingMaram 1 month ago
wow, so sad. What are the specific reasons for their grief? Not getting a good job or not getting into a good college?
JakeintheBox17 1 month ago
4000 American children commit suicide every year.
The world is getting sick.
asamadedance 1 month ago
Hi Kevin. My wife is Japanese (from Kobe) and it is certainly the case that families of people who jump under trains have to pay compensation for the disruption caused. As you will know the train services in Japan are excellent and any delay at all can only be caused by exceptional weather or (more often) suicide. Sad but very true.
Singe61 1 month ago
imagine if the 30,000 people who commit suicide every year instead formed a coalition to challenge the problems in their society that are driving them to suicide. that would be interesting. but if they're each so individually isolated then of course that will never happen.
lamaddussa 1 month ago
this sort of thing happens on occasion in the city where i currently live (not japan) but it's not suicide. it's usually just some drunk person accidentally falling off the platform onto the electrified rail. occasionally suicide. no restitution by family members here. not sure about the restitution. i can see parents paying restitution for failing to guide and care for their children well enough that they would want to live. but other family restitution scenarios wouldn't really make sense.
lamaddussa 1 month ago
@everyonesinput Thank you. you all cleared up a bunch of things on my mind.
MrSmn3 1 month ago
I've always thought they should release lists of companies with the highest suicide rates.
Naming and shaming them might make them rethink the way they treat their employees.
Kognito72 1 month ago
Theres a Japanese director named Sion Sono that made a psychological/ horror movie called "Suicide Club" or "Suicide Circle" in Japan, in which he made to bring to attention the extremely high suicide rate in Japan. One of the weirder movies ive seen but liked it nontheless. He also made a sequal called "Noriko's Dinner Table" or "Noriko No Shokutaku" in Japan....scope them out if your interested but warning that they are weird as hell and aren't for everyone.
areyouserious83 1 month ago
I was there for 3 weeks in 2010 and two people jumped in front of trains on different days. The natioanal police force seems to say there is an average of 30000 suicides in Japan per year.
yastunt 1 month ago
There arent always better solutions than suicide.
Its a lak of understanding of the mind that can believe that.
Or just speaking to the less depressive hoping it will cause them to rethink. But for many, there is nothing else, and I know the feeling, though I could never go that far. I am too weak to commit suicide. Takes more guts than you can imagine.
It is the easy way out, but only if you think in how much hell a person will feel over their lifetime if they dont suicide.
waltermh111 1 month ago
@waltermh111 Still, japan is a unique case because most of them arent suiciding for the same reason as other countries.
Their social pressures are so different, and the only real answer is a complete restructuring of their culture.
But I am not anti-suicide.
I am Anti-jumping in front of moving obects though. Assisted suicide would help this, but stupidly countries worry more about population numbers than their own citizens needs.
Let people deal with their lives the way they want.
waltermh111 1 month ago
Yes, I read that the family of the suicide has to pay the bills. I think I read it in Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein who was a gaijin reporter for a big newspaper in Tokyo. Supposedly, it's to make the person considering suicide think twice about the ramifications. Also, if a suicide is committed in an apartment, the family of the suicide victim has to pay restitution to the landlord. Sad situation.
scifiwritir1 1 month ago
same in holland, every dayyyyyy
CapLysander 1 month ago
Train fatalities are the worst.
TheBlayzinAsian420 1 month ago
I would not want to be a train operator in japan -_- atleast not on a subway train
Belenor 1 month ago
Very sad for the families and commuters. I live in Southern New England and we've had a rise of suicides like that since we started a bullet train service from Boston to NYC. It's already an awful thing to do to your family. I can't imagine insulting their injury by billing them fit it.
Quikdrawmagraw 1 month ago
@Quikdrawmagraw
if you're suicidal you probably didn't have a caring and supportive family in the first place.
lamaddussa 1 month ago
</3 Poor Japan..
ufoolz56 1 month ago
It's quite the contrast from what I generally would think about Japan. I would think most folks wouldn't want to 'inconvenience' others by jumping in front of a train (or by killing themselves in general.) I guess, however, once you get to that point, you kind of stop caring.
TheMadPoppet 1 month ago
DAMM JUMPERS! ALWAYS MAKE ME LATE!
AntoneX6 1 month ago
Since most Japanese don't have a religion, perhaps they don't have the same beliefs about sins and afterlife. Suicide may be viewed in a little different light. The saddest part may not be the fact that someone's taken their own life, but it's the admission to the world that they have failed to fulfill expectations in the society where everyone's required to perform their part. I think that's why the Japanese seem calm with the idea, while the rest of us are more shocked and disturbed by it.
realessence 1 month ago
I've heard that occasionally, they will remove their shoes before they jump. Just to let everyone know it was intentional and not an accident.
hippykiller1 1 month ago
2 weeks ago it happened 3 days in a row in Tokyo...I heard that some lines actually fine less than other lines, and because of that some have more suicides on them
xxjeep 1 month ago
Nicely said.
TheFaustianMan 1 month ago
Yeah , I've heard that...family pays.
nokomarie1963 1 month ago
It's cool that they make the family pay- might prevent a few. Maybe to totally stop train suicides they should make the family clean everything up.
yuriythebest 1 month ago
It's a preventative measure.
Sad but true.
kodoku7otaku 1 month ago
Yup, I heard they actually have to pay.
furetosan 1 month ago
Comment removed
kilpikon3 1 month ago
A spot-on video. Especially in Tokyo I've ran into this sad, sad incident of 人身事故 multiple times a week. However, I'm glad to see even SOME reaction from the behalf of JR to the very alarming trend of the crazy amount of suicides. Not have they only installed blue led lighting on some stations to soothe the minds of the potential suicide candidates, but they have also been installing man-sized mirrors on some stations very near the tracks.
kilpikon3 1 month ago
Excellently effective way to end it all...
ChristopherMast 1 month ago
its sad .I'll pray for them
rolandr71 1 month ago
Ive seen things like that in Anime, but I've never pictured it in real life. The only thing I've heard about was the Aokigahara Suicide Forest from Destination Truth. Truly a Sad way to go out.
1JackOFBlades1 1 month ago
This subject is super sad. I wonder why Japan, and many asian country have such high suicide rates?
This does, however, remind me of the opening scene of Suicide Club...which is a Japenese movie. Great movie, horrible topic.
xglambyfatex 1 month ago
This is the perfect example of why suicide is a completely selfish act. It burdens the individual's family financially and emotionally. I burdens the train passengers and driver, not to mention the people that have to clean it up. These individuals are either completely irrational at the point of their death, or they are only thinking about their own problems.
truebeleafs 1 month ago
@truebeleafs Great way to be hypocritical and be inconsiderate of the suiciders problems.
I am against train suicides due to the inconvenience to so many people, but to go on a rampage against suicide itself is just as selfish of you, as if you, or any other selfish person worried more about their feelings than the suiciders, are worth more consideration.
waltermh111 1 month ago
I love how the English says something along the lines of 'accident', while the Japanese says something along the line of 自殺 (Suicide). Isn't it common to find this sort of thing on a Monday morning or a Friday afternoon? Sad reality.
TokyoNerd 1 month ago
Watch out for those tree's, they're real death traps.
vanekPI 1 month ago
Back in Toronto, there isn't a lot of train suicides but there is the Don Valley river where many ppl try to commit suicide there at the bridge, so to resolve it, the city placed nets under the stop ppl from drowning.... pretty sad though... as it was like last year ago a teacher took his life on the subway due to some crime he did... guessing happens around the world~!
momomei106 1 month ago
that is unfortunate
i hope that someday they will realize that this is very wrong thing to charge the victim's family
and one day i hope that less people will choose suicide because lives are valuable
loveeehk 1 month ago
Its a very vicious cycle by the sounds of it, because if one person decides he cant afford a living, or is depressed. That effect will then in doubt be passed onto family members grieving or paying out high fee's. Likewise, i feel more upset for the Train driver at the time just going about his day.
GaijinKnibb 1 month ago
This happens all the time in London. I have to admit, I feel more sympathy for the driver than the person who has jumped. They are just doing their job and for most it is a job they like to do. Things like that can shatter a person.
carebear8324 1 month ago
The train company doesn't charge the family for the sake of being cruel. They've had to resort to that because so many people were jumping in front of trains that they could no longer bear the costs associated with this occurrence such as cleanup of the body and stalling of services. Suicide wouldn't be so frequent in Japan if it wasn't for the prevalence of the "death before dishonor" mentality
SilverbulletJT 1 month ago
WOW!!!! Some ppl Choose Suicide By Train??? Kinda Reminds Me Of That J-horror Move I Watch Called "Suicide Circle" Where Some Girls killed themselves by jumping on the tracks and the train rolled over them in a bloody mess, i know it's a serious matter though when it comes to suicides by train, i feel really bad for japan to have such a highest rate of suicides, really i do
ScorpionSentai10000 1 month ago
Oh god I had never thought of the driver. It's all so terrible.
PinkGloom 1 month ago
at least they didn't waste hundreds of millions of dollars on the stupid shields like korea did? they can't force a dead person to pay and the family can just refuse to pay ,its not like they can legally charged it ! they signed no contract :P i don't understand why the victims of the nuke damage didn't charge TEPCO for damages and cost for there property or damages ,NOW THAT HAS LEGAL BINDING as a company did the error or unproper safeguards in place? the japanese gov't is messed up
daewooparts 1 month ago
"Human damage accident". How clinical.
Relatharr 1 month ago
Kevin, is suicide looked at differently in Japan then say Canada and the U.S.? Doesnt hare carey come from Japan
MrSmn3 1 month ago
@MrSmn3 definitely negative views on suicide here as in the U.S. Breaks people's hearts here as it would anywhere.
BusanKevin 1 month ago 4
It's really sad when people choose to end their lives. I also agree with you on the billing of the family members. I think the government should pay for that.
If someone feels so bad that they wish to end their lives, I always lose some sympathy when they jump in front of trains or drive their motorcycles into ongoing traffic etc. Honestly, if you wish to end your life, don't involve other people who will be struggling with the incident for the rest of their life.
sjureman 1 month ago
@sjureman Not the government, the company should. The Government had nothing to do with the incident. I think the premise for charging the family for the suicide is to punish them for not helping the person and preventing the suicide. This is just speculation on my part.
thatguyontheright1 1 month ago
Can you create a blog about Japan and some of the social issues there? I like your videos but you are limited by YouTube's attention span. I'm interested in finding work there after school is over.
shamusl 1 month ago
@shamusl it is true....for the sake or YT i keep the videos short. These are issues that need more attention. I have to admit though, I really don't now enough to get "in-depth."
BusanKevin 1 month ago 3
@BusanKevin so would Youtube actually delete your longer videos? Do they have complete control over what you put on your channel? I heard some negative things about partnership in that aspect.. btw what city are you in?
TimUkulele 2 weeks ago
@shamusl Look up Unrested's Youtube channel, he's done quite a bit of videos about some of the "darker" elements as well as more up-to-date info about teaching English in Japan
SilverbulletJT 1 month ago
I heard that it was a common occurrence out there. There is always a better way for sure. I wonder if there are services out there to help people deal with depression?
MrJingjong 1 month ago
@MrJingjong I think the japanese character is to keep personal feelings inside. People tend not to share feelings like we do in our culture.
BusanKevin 1 month ago 5
@BusanKevin Japanese psychiatrists tend to say this "rule" (tate mae hon ne) doesn't apply when confronting a doctor.
greob 1 month ago
@BusanKevin Maybe that is why the suicide rate is so high because they are all keeping their feelings built up inside. That definitely has its ups and downs in their culture. How sad that they chose to take their own life. Do they not even discuss feelings with family or spouses?
Glory2theLamb11 1 month ago
My brother was on a train a little while ago when somebody decided to commit suicide by jumping in front of the train. He felt the train go over the person and he was pretty upset about it, as were a lot of people on the train. I feel so bad for the conductor of the train, since they have to deal with it. It's such a sad thing.
StrawberrieButterfly 1 month ago
@StrawberrieButterfly That is horrible. I am fortunate in that I have never had to see or deal with something like that while in Japan.
BusanKevin 1 month ago
STOP VLOGGING and START WRITING!!!
dmbjt 1 month ago
@dmbjt hehe....my last day to vlog! hehe
BusanKevin 1 month ago
First view first time...
GrayAu 1 month ago
@GrayAu Was that necessary?
GotKn1fe 1 month ago