Good thing they have Gun Control

According to the latest government statistics available, 32,155 people killed themselves in Japan in 2006. (Population: 127,720,000)
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2008/05/26/5668176-sun.html

United States, 2005: 32,637 (Population: 304,177,000)
http://www.suicidology.org/associations/1045/files/2005datapgs.pdf

Populations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population