KC, almost any number can be brought up to express a given point. But this list is missing some very important issues...
US murder rate: 6.8 for every 100,000 (1997 number I found on CNN)
In Japan, the United Nations reports the murder rate is about 1 per 100,000 (common number quoted on pro-gun sites).
In other words, you are 6.8 times more likely to get killed in the US than in Japan. You are more likely to commit suicide in Japan, as your numbers show, but it is VERY misleading to combine suicide and crime together to try to show things are just as safe. I am not suicidal (although posting here could cause it... not)... so I am almost 7 times safer living in Japan.
Sorry, but your stats are misleading, combine non-relevant information in an attempt to create false impression.
I mean, imagine: You are more likely to getting murdered in the middle of Idaho then you are in Japan...
Alex
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