I love you Japan, but you’ve gotta stiffen up that upper lip and stop acting silly. Life’s not easy anywhere (unless you’re rich).

The number of suicides in Japan hit a two-year high in the month of May, according to data released Wednesday by the nation’s authorities.

For the first time in two years, the monthly suicide number topped 3,000 in the month of May, the National Police Agency said.

The report says suicides in Japan totaled 3,281 in May 2011, up nearly 20% from the same month last year.

- cnn