Takako Arai's poetry is a relentless 'dance of language'
Takako Arai's poems unravel complicated lives in an ever-widening mesh of humanity, her style retaining an energy and optimism despite her visceral, often disturbing subject matter.
Gatekeeper at Japan's 'suicide forest' hopes music can save lives
From his hut on the edge of Japan's "suicide forest," Kyochi Watanabe blasts John Lennon's "Imagine" into the night — hoping that music can lift people from their despair before it's too late. The 60-year-old musician has been waging an eight-year battle to banish the ...
'Suicide Forest' by Jeremy Bates: Creatively creepy and sure to scare
In Jeremy Bates' "Suicide Forest," not everyone will return from a deadly journey through Aokigahara Jukai, the "Sea of Trees" at the foot of Mount Fuji...
YouTube suspends star Logan Paul over suicide video but leaves door open to future work
YouTube has suspended a star who posted video images of what appeared to be a suicide victim but said Saturday that doesn't mean it won't work with him in the future. The video service announced this week that it had pulled Logan Paul's channel from ...
YouTube pares back Logan Paul partnership after Japan suicide video
YouTube said Wednesday it is removing popular American celebrity YouTuber Logan Paul from its Google Preferred platform and putting future projects with him on hold, after Paul posted a video on the platform that included footage of a suicide victim in Japan. "In light of ...
Blackface, suicide and celebrity abuse: Welcome to 2018!
We're one week into 2018 and it seems Japan has an image problem. You can thank the country's New Year's Eve TV block for the bulk of that. The controversy marathon began with popular comedy special "Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!," which, hours ...
Suicide prevention group slams YouTube celebrity Logan Paul over controversial video
A video shot in a forest near Mount Fuji infamous for suicides has triggered a firestorm of criticism, including from a suicide prevention group in Japan. The video was posted online Sunday by American celebrity YouTuber Logan Paul. Paul, whose YouTube channel has over 15 million ...
Suicides nationwide topped 30,000 last year for the 14th consecutive year, but by prefecture Yamanashi has had the worst rate for the past five years, according to statistics by the National Police Agency. Yamanashi had 36.1 suicides per 100,000 people in 2011, compared with 23.7 ...
Inside Japan's 'Suicide Forest'
I am walking through Aokigahara Jukai forest, the light rapidly fading on a mid-winter afternoon, when I am stopped dead in my tracks by a blood-curdling scream. The natural reaction would be to run, but the forest floor is a maze of roots and ...
