Japan, suicide, overwork, depression, mental illness, karoshi, salaryman

A jacket that belonged to Akira Teranishi,.who jumped from a building on Valentine’s day.  “I gave him a chocolate. I asked him if he could take a day off, “ says his wife, Emiko, “And he said ‘ I can’t. We don't have enough manpower..’  That was our last conversation. He never came home. “
A jacket that belonged to Akira Teranishi,.who jumped from a building on Valentine’s day. “I gave him a chocolate. I asked him if he could take a day off, “ says his wife, Emiko, “And he said ‘ I can’t. We don't have enough manpower..’ That was our last conversation. He never came home. “