The number of people with depression and other psychological disorders recognized as work-related in Japan in fiscal 2019 rose 44 from the previous year to 509, hitting a new high, the welfare ministry said Friday 26 June.
A labor standards inspection office in Tokyo determined on May 28 that the 47-year-old male employee’s death was due to a mental health problem he developed as a result of the overwork, lawyer Hiroshi Kawahito said at a press conference.
The number of such consultations received at mental health and welfare centers in the country’s 47 prefectures and 20 ordinance-designated big cities between April 1 and 30 stood at 4,946, according to the data.
The suspect in a deadly arson attack last July on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio has said he thought there were only “about two” victims in the fire, which killed 36 people, investigative sources said Thursday.
The Kyoto prefectural police department arrested Wednesday the suspect of an arson attack last year that killed 36 people at a studio of Kyoto Animation Co., known by fans as KyoAni.
Osaka District Court sentenced a Japanese couple to 13 years in prison on Thursday for confining their eldest daughter, who had schizophrenia, for over 10 years and letting her freeze to death.
“A Japanese government’s white paper pointed to a need to improve work environments to reduce stress on workers.”
“Children in Kumamoto Prefecture are still in need of mental health care for the trauma and stress they suffered from deadly earthquakes that hit the southwestern Japan prefecture in April 2016.”
“Investigators said the suspect admitted to stabbing the public servant but has made nonsensical remarks in regard to a motive. The police will judge whether he can be held criminally responsible.”
“According to the prefectural police, Iimori has received psychosomatic treatment and was issued a mental disorder certificate. The police will examine whether Iimori can be held criminally responsible.”
Barrier Free Japan