Reply #110: Rates of depression in Taiwan, Korea, Japan and elsewhere are

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lower than in America. If you don't like that fact, then ignore it.

If I said said that suicide rates were lower in Japan then I retract it. Fact remains, cultures that eat diets rich in seafood have far lower levels of neurological disorders of all types. Period.


http://www.holology.com/suicide.html
Japan

Japan is known for its centuries of suicide in tradition. From hara-kiri ceremonial self-disemboweling to kamikaze warriors flying their aircraft into American warships during World War II. During that same war on the island of Saipan hundreds of trapped Japanese committed mass suicide rather than surrender to the invading American forces. Today the Japanese have found another, more insidious way to kill themselves but this method is not limited to a single person or group but rather the entire culture collectively. Japan's population is aging rapidly while birth rates are constantly about the lowest in the world, now estimated at 1.2 per couple. Keep in mind 2.2 children per two persons is needed to maintain a stable population size. This rate is one third of what it was before 1950. Government efforts to rectify this seemingly inexorable slide into extinction, such as paying new mothers cash benefits, have only met with failure. High costs financially, socially and in time and effort required for raising children consistently top the list of reasons for abstaining from reproduction. Many Japanese wives remain virgins because of a male dominated cultural that disconnects love, sex and reproduction.