Japan’s Banks Brace for Bleeding in Core Business as Negative Rates Kick In. Japan's suicide rate

Japan’s Banks Brace for Bleeding in Core Business as Negative Rates Kick In B5 Japan began charging lenders for holding some deposits at the central bank, a policy that has dragged on share prices since it was announced and can be expected to eat into big banks’ business profit.

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The Aokigahara forest covers 30 square kilometres of a lava plateau near the foot of Mount Fuji. As a place to commit suicide, it is said to be second in popularity only to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge

Japan's suicide rate rose steeply after the financial crash of 1989. Now it is coming down

Nearly a decade ago the government adopted policies to stop suicides

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