An increasing number of part-time workers thrown out of their jobs because of the recession and with nowhere else to go are heading to Tojinbo, a popular sightseeing destination — and suicide spot — in Fukui Prefecture, according to a local nonprofit organization.
The NPO, which regularly patrols the site, says that in November it talked six people out of jumping from Tojinbo's famous cliffs overlooking the Sea of Japan.
Four of them said they decided to take their own lives after losing part-time jobs.