Ex-police officer active in stopping suicide-seekers

Ex-police officer active in stopping suicide-seekers

FUKUI, Japan - Former senior police officer Yukio Shige, carrying binoculars Oct. 30, 2009, heads a nonprofit group to prevent suicides around the scenic Tojimbo cliff on the shore of the Sea of Japan in the northern part of Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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