Sad news: on Sunday, a 14-year old female junior high school student managed to climb to the roof of her Chuo-ku 14-story condominium and, despite the terrified pleas of her parents watching from below, threw herself off.
Sundays and the end of holidays - that is, those short hours before school starts again - see a spike in the suicide rate of students. Teachers, parents, siblings, friends must keep an eye out for signs. - William
