Hello. In Japanese history, suicide has been seen sometimes as a positive solution at certain special situations. Not only the samurai and the 20th-century Japanese soldiers commited suicide for honor or patriotic altruism. In pre-Modern times there existed in Japan an elaborated Buddhist practice among some monks of self-mummification. These monks were named Sokushinbutsu (窶伉ヲツ身窶「ツァ) and as an ascetic method poisoned themselves and meditate to death inside a stone tomb to achieve nirvana; fact that was corroborated if the corpse became a mummy.
My question is, do nowadays Japanese see suicide more positively than in Western countries? Do Japanese understand suicide as a responsible act in some cases?
My question is, do nowadays Japanese see suicide more positively than in Western countries? Do Japanese understand suicide as a responsible act in some cases?