Investigations & Research
Suicide Policy Research
Suicide Policy Research Journal
This is an open access academic journal in Japanese that deals with themes related to comprehensive suicide policy, including interdisciplinary and international research results, daily support activities, and local suicide countermeasures based on scientific evidence.
The journal aims to promote measures through private-academic-public sector collaboration, and to showcase a wide range of research that contributes to policy making and social contribution, working towards realising a society where no one is driven to suicide.
About this journal
Print ISSN 2433-6939 Online ISSN 2433-2380
Published by JSCP
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Latest Number
Volume 4 No.1 2025 （Mar 31, 2025）
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- Suicide Policy Research is Being Reconstituted as a Journal Dedicated to Advancing Suicide Prevention Measures PDF
- Integrating Social and Cultural Research into the LIVE LIFE Framework for Implementation and Localisation of a National Strategy PDF
- Essential Skills for Suicide Prevention Data Analysts PDF
- Suicide Rates and Countermeasures in South Korea:Emphasis on Recent Legislative Reforms Focused on Young Adults PDF
Back Number
Volume 3, No.1 2020 (Dec 25, 2020)
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- Possible explanations of the decrease in suicide during the initial phase of COVID-19 pandemic in Japan PDF
- Increase in Suicide during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan:Possible link between Contingent Employment and Suicide by VAR Time-Series Analysis PDF
Volume 2, No.2 2019 (Jun 20, 2019)
※Published by Japan Support Center for Suicide Countermeasures (JSSC)
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- The Key Policies of Japan’s Suicide Countermeasures PDF
- How Does Community Engagement Pertain to Suicide Countermeasures? PDF
- Teaching Primary and Secondary School Students How to Raise an SOS:Three Practical Models for Nationwide Implementation PDF
- Exploring New Directions in Suicide Countermeasures That Make Use of ICT PDF
- Evidence for Suicide Prevention Education in Schools:Comparing Programs Abroad and Instruction on How to Raise an SOS PDF
- The Current State of Youth Suicide Countermeasures from a Public Health Perspective PDF
- Report on the tenth WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Forum PDF
- Background to and Comments on the Guidebook for Those Bereaved PDF
- Guidelines for the Comprehensive Support of Those Bereaved PDF
- 자살 유가족 지원을 위한 종합 매뉴얼 PDF
- Law on Promotion of Surveys and Research to Facilitate Comprehensive and Effective Implementation of Suicide Countermeasures and Utilization, etc. of Outcomes thereof, etc. PDF
Volume 2, No.1 2018 (Apr 20, 2018)
※Published by Japan Support Center for Suicide Countermeasures (JSSC)
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- Suicide Countermeasures for Attempted Suicide Survivors Based on the General Principles of Suicide Prevention Policy PDF
- Trends of Suicide and Suicide Countermeasures in Cambodia PDF
- Local Suicide Countermeasure Policy Packages PDF
- Guidelines for Municipal Suicide Countermeasure Planning PDF
- 시정촌 자살대책계획 수립 지침서 〜누구도 자살로 내몰리지 않는 사회 실현을 목표로〜 PDF
- 자살대책기본법의 일부 개정한 법률안 신구 대조표 PDF
- The Second International Forum on Suicide Prevention Policy Research Evidence -Innovation of Suicide Countermeasures in Japan- Held on 20 Jan, 2018 Proceedings PDF
Volume 1, No.1 2017 (Nov 24, 2017)
※Published by Japan Support Center for Suicide Countermeasures (JSSC)
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- The Present Trend of Suicide Prevention Policy in Japan PDF
- Basic Law on Suicide Countermeasures (Law No. 85 of 2006) PDF
- Launch of the New General Principles of Suicide Policy in Japan PDF
- General Principles of Suicide Prevention Policy - Realizing a Society in Which No One Is Driven to Take Their Own Life PDF
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