Close, personal contact -- involving peers whenever possible -- is the key to preventing suicide, experts agreed Tuesday.
Participants at a three-day conference on suicide prevention getting under way in Tokyo gave presentations focusing on methods used to combat suicide in Britain, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Canada, Finland and Sri Lanka.
Views submitted at the event, sponsored by the nonprofit organization Befrienders International Suicide Prevention Center Tokyo, may provide clues to tackling the issue in nations with a high suicide rate.