Strangers in Life Join Hands in Death as the Web Becomes a Tool for Suicide in Japan
NYTimes.com > International > Asia Pacific By JAMES BROOKE / October 18, 2004[/url] TOKYO--
..."When they come across a minor trouble, they get distressed," said Dr. Harufusa Higano, a psychiatrist who directs a clinic here. Recalling one young woman who had attempted suicide by cutting her wrists, he said: "She told me:
' I could not get a Gucci handbag and had to end up with a Japan-made. I want to die.'