Raising the alarm - Youth suicide in Japan | Rene Duignan | TEDxTokyo

Short 6-minute review of what happened to the suicide rate in Japan since the 2013 release of “Saving 10,000 – Winning a War on Suicide in Japan”. The positive news is that Japan’s suicide figure has fallen by 10,000 (from 30,000 to 20,000) to a 40-year low. However, this talk mostly focused on the tragic aspect of how youth suicide in Japan has risen to a 40-year high. The speaker touches on the frightening statistics for school bullying and child abuse in Japan and poses the key question of how can we better protect our children in an increasingly pressurized world. Rene Duignan is an Irish economist who was a speaker at TEDxTokyo in 2013. He spoke as the writer/director of "Saving 10,000 - Winning a War on Suicide in Japan" a 52-minute documentary selected in the Japan Times "Top 10 Movies of 2013" and nominated for 15 film festival awards. "Saving 10,000" was screened at the Diet and became a part of the Japanese Government's 2013 suicide prevention campaign. This non-profit movie reached over 20 million Japanese citizens through extensive media coverage. It collected 600,000 YouTube views while 3,500 DVDs were distributed for community screenings. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx