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Show War Spirit Curtails Japan Suicide Rate TOKIO. TVc. 30 UPt For th first time In yeara. Japan has decline in the juicide rat. and the official report attribute! It to the apirit attending; Chinese-Japanese warfare. The 1937 suicide total waa 380 leas than the 2681 recorded laat year. Double love auicidea dropped from 139 to 96. Although warfare waa credited with decreaainf the auicide rate, it waa likewise held responsible own lives, particularly wivea and mothers who wished to free their husbands and sons at the Jront from anxiety over dependents. |