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The number of suicides in Japan dropped in 2017, marking the 8th-straight
year of declines.
日本自杀率在2017年下降，使得他们在自杀率部分连续八年为下跌的趋势。
The National Police Agency says that 21,140 people in Japan committed suicide
last year. That's down 3.5 percent from the previous year.
警政署宣布有两万一千一百四十位民众在2017年自杀，跟前一年相较少了3.5%。
The number of men who killed themselves was nearly 15,000, more than double
the figure for women.
男性自杀人数将近15000人，比女生两倍还要多。
A welfare ministry survey in November shows that people in their 40s
accounted for the largest number of suicides with 17 percent of the total,
followed by those in their 50s with 16 percent, and people in their 60s with
15 percent.
福利署在2017年十一月的调查显示，在40-49岁中年人口自杀率最多，约为17%。再来是50-59中年，为16%，第三名为60-69岁人口，为15%。
People aged 19 and under were the only group to see an increase from the
previous year.
19岁以下的年轻人是唯一在自杀率方面有成长的年龄层。
The survey indicates that health issues were the most common reasons for
taking one's life, followed by financial and family problems.
调查显示健康问题为最普遍自杀原因，其次为财务以及家庭方面的问题。
The number of suicides had exceeded 30,000 for 14 consecutive years until
2011. The figure peaked in 2003 at over 34,400.
自杀率在2011年以前连续14年超过30000人。在2003年层达到最高峰，34400人。
Ministry officials say suicides have decreased amid a stronger economy and
improvements in counseling programs. But they add that the rates for Japan
are still high among industrialized nations.
官方表示自杀率因为较强健的经济系统以及有进步的咨商体系而下降。但是以已开发国家而言，日本还是太高了。