Report: Japan's High Suicide Rates Linked to Unemployment

Photo by Flickr user Patrik Ragnarsson. The Aokigahara Forest is a vast, tranquil and densely wooded area at the base of Mt. Fuji known as the "sea of trees." But in the last two decades the woods have earned another nickname, the "suicide forest," and the sad distinction as one of the most popular sites for people to take their lives in Japan. It's one of many grim tales from a country with one of

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