Social Issues

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In this March 14, 2017 photo, Yutaka Motohashi, head of government-funded Japan Support Center for Suicide Countermeasures, speaks during an interview at his office in Kodaira, western suburb of Tokyo. Fewer Japanese are taking their own lives, a positive sign in a country with one of the world’s highest suicide rates. The still-high suicide rate means Japan is a difficult place to live, a society that is not kind to troubled people, said Motohashi. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

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In this March 2, 2017, photo, Yasuyuki Shimizu, founder of Lifelink, a nonprofit that lobbies for suicide-prevention measures, speaks during an interview at his office in Tokyo. Fewer Japanese are taking their own lives, a glimmer of hope in a country with one of the world’s highest suicide rates. “Now we can talk about suicides,” said Shimuzu. “I believe the change in environment has made it easier for the needy to seek help.” (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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In this March 2, 2017, photo, Yasuyuki Shimizu, founder of Lifelink, a nonprofit that lobbies for suicide-prevention measures, speaks during an interview at his office in Tokyo. Fewer Japanese are taking their own lives, a glimmer of hope in a country with one of the world’s highest suicide rates. “Now we can talk about suicides,” said Shimuzu. “I believe the change in environment has made it easier for the needy to seek help.” (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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In this March 15, 2017 photo, a staff of "Inochinodenwa," non-profit telephone hotline for people seek help, receives a counseling call in Tokyo. Fewer Japanese are taking their own lives, a glimmer of hope in a country with one of the world’s highest suicide rates. The number of suicides has dropped for seven straight years in a clear indication of a downward trend. The Health Ministry said Thursday, March 23, 2017, that 21,897 people committed suicide in 2016, down from more than 30,000 in 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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In this March 15, 2017 photo, Shinjiro Shishido, director of "Inochinodenwa," non-profit telephone hotline for people seek help, receives a counseling call in Tokyo. Fewer Japanese are taking their own lives, a glimmer of hope in a country with one of the world’s highest suicide rates. The number of suicides has dropped for seven straight years in a clear indication of a downward trend. The Health Ministry said Thursday, March 23, 2017, that 21,897 people committed suicide in 2016, down from more than 30,000 in 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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In this March 15, 2017 photo, Shinjiro Shishido, director of "Inochinodenwa", non-profit telephone hotline for people seek help, speaks during an interview, in Tokyo. Fewer Japanese are taking their own lives, a glimmer of hope in a country with one of the world’s highest suicide rates. The number of suicides has dropped for seven straight years in a clear indication of a downward trend. The Health Ministry said Thursday, March 23, 2017, that 21,897 people committed suicide in 2016, down from more than 30,000 in 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks in support of the Republican health care bill during a TV interview in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Hawaii Rep. Beth Fukumoto talks to reporters about why she's leaving the Republican Party on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Honolulu. Rep. Fukumoto resigned from the GOP Wednesday because she says its members refuse to oppose racism and sexism and that she was pressured to give up her leadership post at the statehouse after criticizing President Donald Trump. She's hoping to become a Democrat but does not know whether the Democratic Party will accept her. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz)

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From left, House Budget Committee Chair Diane Black, R-Tenn., House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., the Budget Committee ranking member, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the ranking member of Ways and Means, and Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, gather in the House Rules Committee as the panel shapes the final version of the Republican health care bill before it goes to the floor for debate and a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, sits at top center. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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This Wednesday, March 22, 2017 booking photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Abdul Based, a taxi cab driver for the Lucky Cab Company of Nevada. Police say Based, has been arrested after the cab company found footage of him sexually assaulting an incapacitated customer. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of New York and California Gov. Jerry Brown, and other Democrats, walk down the East Step on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, for an event marking seven years since former President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, during an event marking seven years since former President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Standing left is House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md.. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)