It can be read in blue letters on these white papers "Honey, you’re the one who’s having a hard time pretending everything’s alright… You don’t have to tell us everything but why don’t you just tell us a few?".
In addition to these messages written by a specialist in Mental health Accompanied by suicide prevention phone numbers, there are also soothing images on the toilet paper, like a cat curling up on itself.
Yamanashi authorities distributed 6,000 such papers to 12 local universities last month.
Prefecture official Kenichi Miyazawa explained on Monday "be alone in the toilet…and we feel that at such times bad thoughts can come to your mind".
As in many other countries, a rise in the number of suicides has been observed in Japan with the Covid pandemic further isolating many people.
In 2020, nearly 500 children and adolescents committed suicide in Japan, a national record and double the number in 2016, according to the Ministry of Health.
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This idea was applied by universities in the Japanese prefecture of Yamanashi in western Japan TokyoAccording to Agence France-Presse”.
In blue letters on the white papers it read: “Dear, you who are having a hard time pretending everything is fine… You don’t have to tell us everything but why don’t you just tell us a little?”
In addition to these messages written by a specialist in Mental health Accompanied by suicide prevention phone numbers, there are also soothing images on the toilet paper, like a cat curling up on itself.
Yamanashi authorities distributed 6,000 such papers to 12 local universities last month.
“You’re on your own,” said prefecture official Kenichi Miyazawa on Monday the toilet… We feel that at times like this you can have bad thoughts.”
As in many other countries, a rise in the number of suicides has been observed in Japan with the Covid pandemic further isolating many people.
In 2020, nearly 500 children and adolescents committed suicide in Japan, a national record and double the number in 2016, according to the Ministry of Health.