Most Asian cultures with suicide problems acknowledge and try very hard to bring those rates down. It isn't just a cultural norm and is in fact a good indicator of the happiness of a population.
Here's [1] the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare's page on preventing suicides. The motto is 誰も自殺に追い込まれることのない社会の実現を目指して or "Aiming for a world where nobody must deal with suicide"
mrguyorama|2 months ago
Prove it
Karrot_Kream|2 months ago
[1]: https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/hukushi_kai...