Seventy - one percent of suicides in Japan were male , and it is the leading cause of death in men aged 20 -- 44 .
In 2014 on average 70 Japanese people committed suicide every day , and the vast majority were men .
Seventy - one percent of suicides in Japanese were male , and it is the leading cause of death in men aged 20 -- 44 .
In 2014 on average 70 Japanese people committed suicide every day , and the vast majority were men .