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尽管外界担心新冠疫情可能造成人们压力增大、心理救助机构人手不足，但日本四月份自杀人数却同比下降20%，创下五年来最大降幅。 Photo by Manuel Cosentino on Unsplash The suicide rate in Japan fell by 20% in April compared with the same time last year, the biggest drop in five years, despite fears the coronavirus pandemic would cause increased stress and many prevention helplines were either not operating or short-staffed. 尽管人们担心新冠疫情会导致压力增加，许多心理危机干预热线不是停止运营就是缺人手，然而四月份日本的自杀率相比去年同期却降低了20%，这是五年来的最大降幅。 People spending more time at home with their families, fewer people were commuting to work and delays to the start of the school year are seen as factors in the fall. 人们花更多时间和家人待在家里，更少的人通勤去上班，学校开学也推迟了，这些都被视为导致自杀率降低的因素。 In April, 1,455 people took their lives in Japan, 359 fewer than in April 2019. Suicide has been on a downward trend in Japan since peaking at more than 34,000 cases annually in 2003. Last year saw just over 20,000, and the large drop last month came at a time when there were fears of a fresh spike. 四月份日本有1455人自杀，比2019年四月份少了359人。自从日本年度自杀案件在2003年达到超34000例的高峰后，就一直在下降。去年自杀案件数量刚过2万，而最大降幅出现在上个月，正是人们担心自杀率会重新升高之时。 | 
