Suicide in Japan

Suicide in Japan - Statistics and causes of suicide in Japan.. Article “Suicide in Japan” in English Wikipedia has 55 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 69 references and 9 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.9 points.

This article has the best quality in Japanese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Suicide in Japan”, its content was written by 227 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 513 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 167 times in English Wikipedia and cited 900 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #10008 in November 2014
• Global: #17622 in May 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #10938 in August 2013
• Global: #16897 in January 2018

There are 20 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Japanese (ja) 日本における自殺		78.1893
2	Chinese (zh) 日本自杀現象		60.7294
3	English (en) Suicide in Japan		55.0157
4	Italian (it) Suicidio in Giappone		50.9525
5	Persian (fa) خودکشی در ژاپن		40.0846
6	Ukrainian (uk) Самогубства в Японії		39.5276
7	French (fr) Suicide au Japon		38.5971
8	Russian (ru) Самоубийства в Японии		38.4641
9	Portuguese (pt) Suicídio no Japão		37.4849
10	Norwegian (no) Selvmord i Japan		36.4309

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Suicide in Japan" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Suicide in Japan		3 567 233
2	Japanese (ja) 日本における自殺		1 413 466
3	Spanish (es) Suicidio en Japón		393 007
4	Russian (ru) Самоубийства в Японии		374 859
5	Italian (it) Suicidio in Giappone		276 545
6	Portuguese (pt) Suicídio no Japão		130 732
7	Chinese (zh) 日本自杀現象		121 503
8	French (fr) Suicide au Japon		81 606
9	Persian (fa) خودکشی در ژاپن		67 401
10	Korean (ko) 일본의 자살		60 375

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Suicide in Japan" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Suicide in Japan		9 514
2	Japanese (ja) 日本における自殺		2 302
3	Russian (ru) Самоубийства в Японии		1 910
4	Spanish (es) Suicidio en Japón		1 404
5	Chinese (zh) 日本自杀現象		1 195
6	Italian (it) Suicidio in Giappone		818
7	French (fr) Suicide au Japon		496
8	Turkish (tr) Japonya'da intihar		312
9	Persian (fa) خودکشی در ژاپن		266
10	Portuguese (pt) Suicídio no Japão		236

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Suicide in Japan" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Suicide in Japan		227
2	Japanese (ja) 日本における自殺		67
3	Italian (it) Suicidio in Giappone		40
4	Norwegian (no) Selvmord i Japan		22
5	Spanish (es) Suicidio en Japón		21
6	Russian (ru) Самоубийства в Японии		18
7	French (fr) Suicide au Japon		17
8	Chinese (zh) 日本自杀現象		16
9	Persian (fa) خودکشی در ژاپن		14
10	Portuguese (pt) Suicídio no Japão		14

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Suicide in Japan" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 日本における自殺		1
2	Portuguese (pt) Suicídio no Japão		1
3	Arabic (ar) الانتحار في اليابان		0
4	Catalan (ca) Suïcidi al Japó		0
5	English (en) Suicide in Japan		0
6	Spanish (es) Suicidio en Japón		0
7	Persian (fa) خودکشی در ژاپن		0
8	French (fr) Suicide au Japon		0
9	Hungarian (hu) Öngyilkosság Japánban		0
10	Armenian (hy) Ինքնասպանությունը Ճապոնիայում		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Suicide in Japan" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 日本における自殺		296
2	English (en) Suicide in Japan		167
3	Persian (fa) خودکشی در ژاپن		114
4	Arabic (ar) الانتحار في اليابان		60
5	Russian (ru) Самоубийства в Японии		56
6	Chinese (zh) 日本自杀現象		56
7	Turkish (tr) Japonya'da intihar		30
8	Italian (it) Suicidio in Giappone		24
9	Korean (ko) 일본의 자살		21
10	Spanish (es) Suicidio en Japón		19

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الانتحار في اليابان
ca	Catalan Suïcidi al Japó
en	English Suicide in Japan
es	Spanish Suicidio en Japón
fa	Persian خودکشی در ژاپن
fr	French Suicide au Japon
hu	Hungarian Öngyilkosság Japánban
hy	Armenian Ինքնասպանությունը Ճապոնիայում
id	Indonesian Bunuh diri di Jepang
it	Italian Suicidio in Giappone
ja	Japanese 日本における自殺
ko	Korean 일본의 자살
no	Norwegian Selvmord i Japan
pt	Portuguese Suicídio no Japão
ro	Romanian Sinuciderea în Japonia
ru	Russian Самоубийства в Японии
tr	Turkish Japonya'da intihar
uk	Ukrainian Самогубства в Японії
vi	Vietnamese Tự tử ở Nhật Bản
zh	Chinese 日本自杀現象

Best Rank

English: #10938 08.2013

Global: #16897 01.2018

Best Rank

English: #10008 11.2014

Global: #17622 05.2017

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