Job-hunt stress ‘driving more to suicide’
Yomiuri Shimbun,May. 14, 2012-- An increasing number of young people have been committing suicide in recent years due to unsuccessful efforts at finding a job, according to a survey conducted by the National Police Agency.
The agency said 150 people in their teens and 20s, including university students, killed themselves in 2011 due to distress over job hunting. The number grew 2.5-fold from 2007, according to the agency.