Philippines,in some way, may be better than japan

I was in bad mood everytime my mom would switch the radio to am stations. I can't stand the irritating voice of the speakers ( I can term it "noise voice") and to make it worse my mom would turn the volume up.She always tell me that I would learn something from what she is listening. I know that I can't win over her so I tried to shut my mouth up. Accidentally I heard something that caught my attention. It said that there are over 30, 000 people in Japan who commit suicide every year! There are even people who don't know each other,not friends, acquaintance or whatsoever who meet each other and commit suicide together. I was like "why?", I was wondering if Japanese people are just really stupid people. I mean they have all the latest in technology, they got beautiful country and traditions. The speaker concluded that people in Japan are very hardworking and that made them lose their minds and go on jumping from billboards but I wasn't convinced so I tried surfing the net. I found out that once in Japan, suicide is an honorable way to alleviate shame. (hmf !SHAME on them...). And I also read a shocking story:Japan's mental health experts were shocked when a cabinet minister hanged himself hours before facing a bribery probe. The shock was over praise from Tokyo's governor, calling the dead man a real samurai. It would be better to call him a real coward(hey minister please don't visit me at night!). So that made me think of something. This is what makes us, Filipinos unique. We are happy people and we don't suicide due to demands, deadlines in work or whatever.=)