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Titles from Final Fantasy and Attack on Titan franchises also on list in wake of deaths thought to have stemmed from online bullying.
Months after the Logan Paul scandal, a Japanese YouTube personality offers free hugs at Aokigahara in video that claims to show a life being saved.
The Taiwanese Internet idol had recently announced her retirement, and it was her last public appearance.
Latest video makes no mention of donations or outreach to suicide prevention organization in Japan, however.
Video showing body of man who committed suicide in Aokigahara forest was only up for a day, but the backlash is likely to last much longer.
Visitors are discovering that the “sea of trees” near Mt. Fuji is a wonderful place full of natural life.
Ueno Zoo reminds youths that they don’t need anyone’s permission to run away from a dangerous situation.
The jagged cliffs of Tojinbo was often visited by those seeking death, now it is visited by those seeking Girafarig.
Author found himself waiting on a subway platform, with the train aproaching, thinking “If I just take one little step forward, I won’t have to go to work tomorrow.”
Approximately 20 minutes after an elderly woman leapt in front of an express train, a conductor threw himself from an elevated train track down the line.
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