How the Japanese commute to work. Keep watching.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-05-29-japan-suicide_N.htm

Toshikatsu Matsuoka, 62, hanged himself in his apartment Monday just before he was to face questioning in parliament over a series of scandals that have rocked the government since he took office last September.

With that act, Matsuoka became one of the more than 30,000 Japanese who kill themselves every year — the second-highest suicide rate in the industrialized world. Japan\'s suicide rate per 100,000 people stood at 25.5 in 2003, compared with Russia\'s 38.7, according to World Health Organization figures.

"We are facing a kind of crisis," said Takanori Suzuki, a Cabinet Office official in charge of suicide prevention. "Our previous measures were not effective ... and we will have to move quickly."

More than 32,500 Japanese took their own lives in 2005, up 0.7% from the year before, according to the National Police Agency\'s latest statistics..

[Evi]

My point exactly...

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I was just confirming your point.
Backing you up, buddy!

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-05-29-japan-suicide_N.htm

...Nishihara said those who commit suicide are often hardworking, serious people. Because they are diligent, their workload gets ever more demanding until they break down with health problems or depression.

"But the company is not always supportive, making people feel abandoned and like they\'re a worthless person," she said. "That\'s when people often think of death."

Wow.  I guess the Japanese needs to be more compassionate and empathetic to other who are in despair and distress.  They need to change the job and school system. some things I can see that really need change are cut back on hours of work, hours of schooling, and cut down on number of days of work and schooling too, and implement more days off that are distributed evenly throughout the year.  Don\'t put too much pressure on the workers and kids either.  Moderation is the key to living a happy, healthy life.

I think people rather have more free time playing outdoor than spending most of the time indoor working or studying, or even playing indoor for that matter.

This has been the case for humans since the cavemen era where people spend a lot of time outdoor getting plenty of fresh air, sun, and physical exercises by just walking, picking berries, and hunting.

Even staying indoor of the caves have fresher air than inside a house because of those quarry rocks or something.  Like a garage where it\'s mostly cold but has a lot outdoor air entering the garage.

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What you really mean is...

Imagine traveling on a train from Town A to Town B. And say you know the exact (straight-line) distance between Town A and Town B, and that the train travels at a constant speed. Then you should be able to calculate how long it takes the train to get from A to B. But if it has to curve around a mountain, then it will take longer to reach Town B. So observers in Town B will think the train went slower than it really did. However, the mountain did not slow the train down, it simply made the path longer.