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Jason

Jason — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The Japanese society is a unique society where the culture is such that it believes that a moment of brilliance or glory is worth a lifetime. It is also the home of diabolic cults and a country where suicide activism has social acceptance. On top of it, most Japanese today are either depressed or bored. Perhaps that’s the reason.

Zach P

Zach P — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Jason, you make an excellent point. It is not the rest of the outside world, but rather Japan who is perpetuating its own stereotypes.

And as for Chan’s comment below, you cannot feasibly blame video games for their role in a society that systematically alienates these psychologically ”at risk” subjects.

Chan

Chan — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Depression, loss of self esteem and violent video games too may be the cause behind the rising incidences of random rampages in Japan. The Japanese people had been living under constant stress - work related, social etc for a few decades now with little emphasis being put to enhance their personal lives like sexual lives, courtships etc.

Zhang

Zhang — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The society as a whole is to be blamed for such random rampages. Japan has a strict gun control in place. If the gun laws were as liberal as it is in the United States, there would have been frequent carnages putting even the United States’ mass murder like the Virginia Tech killings into shame.

Zach P

Zach P — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Japan lends itself well to the classic ”guns don’t kill people, people kill people” adage.

Weapon mandates have always been the easiest way to approach the problem, and ultimately, the least effective.

Hollan

Hollan — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I used to live in Japan and this doesn’t surprise me at all. The degree of suppressed emotions is unbelievable. Indifference is a way of life there, it seems. Sometimes it gets too much and people go crazy. I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often, especially with high schoolers. They are under so much pressure to succeed it’s no wonder so many of them commit suicide.

Zach P

Zach P — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

You’re right about the high school pressures–even in junior high–it’s insane. Still, it’s really not until they’ve wandered through college and either entered, or failed to enter the workplace when the suicide rates really start to rise.