This song is about a plea for cities around the world to help stop suicide through ongoing intervention and more research to help sad people smile again. It's a huge health problem around the world.

The song was written when I use to live in Tokyo, Japan. When I was there, I discovered the following:  The number of suicides in Japan in 2022 totaled 21,881, an increase of 297 from the previous year. The suicide rate, or number of suicides per 100,000 people, increased by 0.8 to 17.5. This data was compiled by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare based on statistics from the National Police Agency. 

An estimated 703,000 people die by suicide worldwide each year. Over one in every 100 deaths (1.3%) in 2019 was the result of suicide. The global suicide rate is over twice as high among men than women. Over half (58%) of all deaths by suicide occur before the age of 50 years old.

Tokyo

𝕯𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖑 𝕸𝖊𝖆𝖓


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