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Yukio Mishima

Japan’s most famous writer committed suicide after a failed coup attempt – now, new photos add more layers to the haunting act

April 16, 2021 by Kirsten Cather

Japanese writer Yukio Mishima has long been a favorite of the international press.

Aokigahara forest is also known as the "Sea of Trees."

The Dead Deserve Peace and Privacy

January 23, 2018 by Kirsten Cather

β€œTo display the dead, after all, is what the enemy does,” writes Susan Sontag in Regarding the Suffering of Others. Logan Paul became Public Enemy No. 1 after posting a videolog on YouTube of a dead, hanged body of an unidentified person in Aokigahara forest, a dense thicket on the northwest side of Mt. Fuji, […]

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