A woman found dead behind a shrine in western Tokyo with a stab wound to her chest may have committed suicide, investigators said.
Police are trying to confirm the identity of the woman, who appears to be in her 20s and was wearing navy blue clothes and white sneakers.
At around 10:15 a.m., a passer-by found a woman collapsed on a hillside behind a shrine in the Nagabuchi district of Ome, and alerted police. Officers rushed to the scene and confirmed her dead.
She had a stab wound in the left part of her chest and a kitchen knife was found near her body, leading investigators to suspect that she committed suicide.
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Japanese committing suicide are more likely to choose Monday than any other day of the week, while Saturday is the least likely day for people to take their own lives, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said.
Men in particular were 30 percent more likely to kill themselves on Mondays than any other day, based on figures from 2003, the worst year for suicides on record as 32,109 people took their own lives.
Some say the "Monday Effect" that limits workplace efficiency may also be influencing the suicide rate.
"Fatigue from vacation that prevents increased efficiency on Mondays also makes it easier to feel depressed," psychologist Minori Yasumoto said.
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Chess maestro Bobby Fischer has cited a lack of alcohol as one of the factors making him ill behind bars at the East Japan Immigration Bureau Detention Center in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture.
"I can't get any alcohol in here, which I think is also bad for my health. I say that quite seriously. I think alcohol in moderation is very good for your body. Alcohol in moderation is very good for your health. It has a cleansing effect on your body, an antiseptic effect. It has many benefits. It's good for your heart and so on," Fischer told Radio DZRH in the Philippines in the second of two separate interviews given on New Year's Eve and Jan. 17 and listed on the Internet overnight. "They don't allow alcohol, but they allow cigarettes. And they give the people cigarettes, tax-free. So the people are smoking like chimneys in here."
"I'm very dizzy. I've been very dizzy the last two months. I'm very dizzy now as I'm talking to you," he said as he opened the second interview listed on the Internet overnight.
Police are trying to confirm the identity of the woman, who appears to be in her 20s and was wearing navy blue clothes and white sneakers.
At around 10:15 a.m., a passer-by found a woman collapsed on a hillside behind a shrine in the Nagabuchi district of Ome, and alerted police. Officers rushed to the scene and confirmed her dead.
She had a stab wound in the left part of her chest and a kitchen knife was found near her body, leading investigators to suspect that she committed suicide.
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Japanese committing suicide are more likely to choose Monday than any other day of the week, while Saturday is the least likely day for people to take their own lives, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said.
Men in particular were 30 percent more likely to kill themselves on Mondays than any other day, based on figures from 2003, the worst year for suicides on record as 32,109 people took their own lives.
Some say the "Monday Effect" that limits workplace efficiency may also be influencing the suicide rate.
"Fatigue from vacation that prevents increased efficiency on Mondays also makes it easier to feel depressed," psychologist Minori Yasumoto said.
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Chess maestro Bobby Fischer has cited a lack of alcohol as one of the factors making him ill behind bars at the East Japan Immigration Bureau Detention Center in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture.
"I can't get any alcohol in here, which I think is also bad for my health. I say that quite seriously. I think alcohol in moderation is very good for your body. Alcohol in moderation is very good for your health. It has a cleansing effect on your body, an antiseptic effect. It has many benefits. It's good for your heart and so on," Fischer told Radio DZRH in the Philippines in the second of two separate interviews given on New Year's Eve and Jan. 17 and listed on the Internet overnight. "They don't allow alcohol, but they allow cigarettes. And they give the people cigarettes, tax-free. So the people are smoking like chimneys in here."
"I'm very dizzy. I've been very dizzy the last two months. I'm very dizzy now as I'm talking to you," he said as he opened the second interview listed on the Internet overnight.