Japan: 16 suicide cases in Self Defence Forces · Global Voices
Hanako Tokita

tokyodo-2005 [ja] quotes a November 14 newspaper article which reports 16 cases of suicide among Self-Defence Forces personnel deployed in the Indian Ocean and Iraq this year (up to October). The blogger speculates that the number may actually be larger since some cases might be misclassified as “natural causes” and personnel who retired from service are not included.