Strangers in Life Join Hands in Death as the Web Becomes a Tool for Suicide in Japan
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About once a month since January 2002, Japan has recorded a group suicide, successful or attempted, where participants met on the Internet.
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5,400 'refugees' seek cybersanctuary Japan's health and welfare ministry says it has identified 5,400 "Net cafe refugees" - a new underclass driven by hard times to doss down in 24-hour cybercafes, the Telegraph reports.â¦
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SEOUL -- From their nondescript sixth-floor office, Kim Hee Joo and five other social workers troll the Internet to combat a disturbing trend in South Korea: people using the Internet to trade tips about suicide, and in some cases to form suicide pacts.
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TOKYO -- Nine people were found dead in two rented vehicles Tuesday, with the windows sealed and charcoal burners at their feet, in what police are calling modern Japan&#39;s largest suicide pact.
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Hackers are likely researching victims on social networking sites such as Linked In, MySpace or Facebook.
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TOKYO -- Americans invented the Internet, but the Japanese are running away with it.
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By Jackie Burrell, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  May 29--Fearful parents may conjure up images of trench-coated predators trolling the Web, but the virtual world their teens actually inhabit is more like the soda shop of yesteryear or the mall -- a place to hang with friends.
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The Internet is fertile ground for genealogy websites branching out to connect the dead and the living with a shared dream of drawing humanity's family tree.
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Study exposes emerging tribes of social network sites
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The Internet, husbands who help with  housework, and merit-based pay are helping Japanese women find  a formula for balancing careers and families.
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An inquiry into child safety on the internet is likely to look at several suicides by young people in south Wales.
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Internet providers are asked to help with the growing problem of teenage suicides in Northern Ireland.
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A man carrying a knife burst into a public elementary school in western Japan on Monday and stabbed at least three adults, police said. Kyodo News reported that one of the victims died.
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The government is urged to make it illegal for websites to incite or advise people how to commit suicide.
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The number of Japanese who killed themselves edged down last year but stayed above 30,000 as it has for nearly a decade, with suicides among the elderly rising to account for more than a third of the total, police said on Thursday.
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The internet may be fuelling a rise in suicide pacts, a leading psychiatrist has warned.
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Visit Japan's top social-networking site, the 8-million-strong "Mixi," and you'll see prim, organized columns and boxes of stamp-size photos &#151; not the flashy text and teen-magazine-like layout of its American counterpart, MySpace.com. The difference in appearance between the two online hangouts reflects a broader clash of cultures &#151; and illustrates the challenge News Corp.'s MySpace faces as it jumps into the Japanese market.