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Economy woes drive up Japan suicides - 28 Apr 09

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The pressures of the global financial crisis are pushing up the suicide rate in Japan.

Since the start of the year, the number of Japanese taking their own lives has jumped 15 per cent.

Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports on efforts to dissuade people from killing themselves.

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