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Gatekeeper at 'Suicide Forest' hopes music can save lives

Japan's 'Suicide Forest' made global headlines last year when YouTube star Logan Paul filmed an episode of his online series there showing the body of someone who had taken their own life. [AFP]

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.

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