Japan's Health Ministry to Evaluate AI-Powered Suicide Prevention Counseling Through SNS
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Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) plans to launch a model project in fiscal year 2027 to assess the effectiveness and risks of deploying artificial intelligence in youth suicide prevention counseling services accessed via social media platforms. The initiative comes as student suicides in Japan reached a record high of 529 cases in 2024—the first year marking more female than male deaths—prompting government-backed intervention in digital mental health infrastructure.
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