Suicide prevention slogan dropped

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada responds to questions from Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Daigo Matsuura (bottom R), who displays a sign showing a government slogan aimed at preventing suicides, during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2012. The government decided to withdraw the controversial slogan GKB47, a play on the name of pop idol group AKB48.

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