the number of suicide increases

The number of people who committed suicide increased this year. It's about 32,750, which means that 504 more people killed themselves.
The number is 9 times as much as people who died of traffic accidents.
Some reasons why the number increased are mental depressions and the recession.
The number of people who don't have job increased, and it causes problems both mentally and physically.
Of course Okinawa is one of the prefectures that has a biggest suicide rates.
We have many suicide spot in Okinawa..
One time when I was in elementary school, an old man put gasoline on his body, burned himself and died in the school. That was shocking.
I hope the economy gets better soon, and more people can get jobs.