https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/japans-suicide-problem-searching-for-answer/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 02:10:42 -0400<![CDATA[Clearly the problem doesn’t boil down entirely to economics. This is evident from the fact that the unemployment rate in Japan last year hovered around 4.4% while in the U.S. it stubbornly stood above 8% for most of 2012. The economic aspects of the problem may lie less in the fact of unemployment than in the types of jobs people are able to obtain and the fact that a large percentage of workers are irregular or temporarily employed, making security a major concern.]]>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:00:41 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/16/japans-suicide-problem-searching-for-answer-n99293