The number of suicides among school children in Japan totaled 499 in 2020, up 100 from a year earlier and marking the highest level on record, according to government data.Health ministry officials attributed the increase to worries among young people about their studies and career paths, as well as family discord as they spend more time at home in response to the coronavirus pandemic.The 2020 tally was the highest since comparable data became available in 1980, according to the National Police Agency.Of the total, 14 were in elementary school, up six, 146 were in junior high school, up 34,…READ FULL ARTICLE
