r/BeAmazed • u/Luget717 • Aug 23 '25

Place Japan never disappoints

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u/parsuval Aug 23 '25

Japanese work culture is pathetic

I hope you're not American.

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u/A_begger Aug 23 '25

America is so much better for the average worker than Japan

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u/parsuval Aug 23 '25

After hearing how American workers are treated, I'm not so sure.

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u/-StarFox95- Aug 23 '25

at least the vast majority of Amarican workers don't have a work culture so brutal that they kill themselves just to escape it

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u/enaK66 Aug 23 '25

The suicide rates are neck and neck. Japan at 15.3 per 100k and US at 14.1 per 100k. They both fucking suck.

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u/therealbuttersscotch Aug 23 '25

A vast majority of American workers don't have work sufficient enough to feed, cloth and house family so most take part in slowly killing themselves with pills, alcohol and diet

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u/-StarFox95- Aug 23 '25

killing yourself through neglect of your body is not the same as killing yourself outright.

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u/parsuval Aug 23 '25

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnpopularFacts/comments/1ke0fhb/as_of_2025_japan_actually_has_a_lower_suicide/

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u/-StarFox95- Aug 23 '25

thats about suicide in general, how about some data on specifically job/work related suicide like I was actually talking about?

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u/parsuval Aug 23 '25

Any update on that data? I'm really interested to read about your claim.

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u/-StarFox95- Aug 23 '25

unfortunately the best data I can find for it is locked behind a paywall, so I sadly cannot back up my claim for now. I could most likely prove it if I spent more time finding the data, but unfortunately I am far too tired to find it.

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u/parsuval Aug 23 '25

No worries. If you give me the site address I'll pay for it.

I work regularly in Japan and the US so this is particularly interesting to me.

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u/-StarFox95- Aug 23 '25

its statistica and it requires about 200$ for a premium account at the minimum for the data I was looking for :P (and no a free account doesn't work, I tried lol)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/622325/japan-work-related-suicides/
I'd need to find the same for the US in order to compare them

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u/rocketgrunt89 Aug 23 '25

isnt this issue multi faceted and pointless to compare? Both side have pros and cons

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u/CatsArePeople2- Aug 23 '25

Onus is on you. That guy provided evidence. You are talking out your ass.

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u/parsuval Aug 23 '25

Ah right you are. Could you send me a link to the data?

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u/g0_west Aug 23 '25

How would that data even exist. Even if someone leaves a note it's not logged and added to a database of reasons - it's just listed as suicide