Meta

RSS

Masaya's RSS feed

Masaya Kurosaki

For Masaya Kurosaki's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:

National Jun 4, 2010

Buddhist priests team up in bid to lower sky-high suicide rate

NARITA, Chiba Pref. — Buddhist priest Eiichi Shinohara is at the forefront of a nationwide campaign to prevent suicides, which last year surpassed 30,000 for the 12th consecutive year since 1998. The 65-year-old priest from Chojuin Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, heads Jisatsu Boushi (Suicide ...