Academic Loss in Japanese Society: Suicide and Harassment

Authors: Miho Tsukamoto

Abstract:

Among many occupations in the country, the highest suicide rate is caused by graduate students. One of the reasons of high rate of suicide, is caused academic harassment. This paper is significant as researchers have investigated and many cases caused “jisatsu” have noticed in the country. Accordingly, this paper uses statistic of governmental organization, and focuses on graduate students’ mental stress, and graduate students’ suicides and leaves of absence.

Keywords: Academic Harassment, Academic Loss, Escape, Jisatsu.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1112212

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