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Mt. Fuji to become World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on May 1, 2013, shows Mt. Fuji. The 3,776-meter mountain, the highest peak in Japan, has been recommended for registration as a World Heritage site by an advisory panel to UNESCO, the government said on April 30. In the foreground is Aokigahara Jukai forest.

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Mt. Fuji and forest

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 3 Kyodo - Photo taken on April 27, 2013 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain southwest of Tokyo, and the Aokigahara forest known as a suicide spot.

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Mt. Fuji and forest

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 3 Kyodo - Photo taken on April 27, 2013 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain southwest of Tokyo, and the Aokigahara forest known as a suicide spot.

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Mt. Fuji and forest

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 3 Kyodo - Photo taken on April 27, 2013 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain southwest of Tokyo, and the Aokigahara forest known as a suicide spot.

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Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Tape is wound around a tree in the Aokigahara Jukai forest in Yamanashi Prefecture in this April 2012 photo. Other trees have been similarly marked inside the thick forest, a notorious magnet for those wishing to commit suicides that stretches northwest of Mt. Fuji, to prevent people from getting disorientated.

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Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken in April 2012 shows a sign standing near the entrance to the Aokigahara Jukai forest, a notorious magnet for those wishing to commit suicide, in Yamanashi Prefecture, which reads: ''Life is a precious gift from your parents'' and ''Please do not worry all by yourself and talk to us.'' A help line number is also provided. The message is intended to deter those entering the forest that stretches northwest of Mt. Fuji with suicidal thoughts from killing themselves.

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Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - In this September 2011 photo, two people pray for those who committed suicide at the Aokigahara Jukai forest in Yamanashi Prefecture. Anyone can enter the forest that stretches northwest of Mt. Fuji, and the site has been a notorious magnet for those wishing to end their lives.

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Don't-commit-suicide sign board erected at Mt. Fuji woodlands

KOFU, Japan - A civic group offering assistance to people with heavy credit-card or personal-finance debts, the All-Japan Credit Card Salaryman Finance Victims Council, erects a sign board on the edge of Aokigahara woodlands in Yamanashi Prefecture-- a popular place for suicides -- urging people with heavy debts to think twice before taking their lives. ''There will be solutions to debts,'' the board says. Last year, about 100 people were found have to have committed suicide inside the woodlands, located at the base of Mount Fuji.

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Abe joins 'eco tour' on the hills of Mt. Fuji

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) poses with a group of students during an ''eco tour'' of the Aokigahara Sea of Trees in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture on the hills of Mt. Fuji on May 26, making the visit as part of an environmental protection campaign. Abe, who was a speaking tour in the area, also helped pick up garbage on the streets in a nearby village.

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Japanese Police is having annual patrol for recovering body of suicides

Japanese Police is having annual patrol for recovering body of suicides in Aokigahara Sea of forest at skirt of Mt. Fuji. Police is investigating an area, where a dead body was found in Aokigahara.

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Abe joins 'eco tour' on the hills of Mt. Fuji

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) poses with a group of students during an ''eco tour'' of the Aokigahara Sea of Trees in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture on the hills of Mt. Fuji on May 26, making the visit as part of an environmental protection campaign. Abe, who was a speaking tour in the area, also helped pick up garbage on the streets in a nearby village. (Kyodo)

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Mt. Fuji and forest

Photo taken on April 27, 2013 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain southwest of Tokyo, and the Aokigahara forest known as a suicide spot. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Fuji and forest

Photo taken on April 27, 2013 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain southwest of Tokyo, and the Aokigahara forest known as a suicide spot. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Fuji and forest

Photo taken on April 27, 2013 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain southwest of Tokyo, and the Aokigahara forest known as a suicide spot. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Don't-commit-suicide sign board erected at Mt. Fuji woodlands

KOFU, Japan - A civic group offering assistance to people with heavy credit-card or personal-finance debts, the All-Japan Credit Card Salaryman Finance Victims Council, erects a sign board on the edge of Aokigahara woodlands in Yamanashi Prefecture-- a popular place for suicides -- urging people with heavy debts to think twice before taking their lives. ''There will be solutions to debts,'' the board says. Last year, about 100 people were found have to have committed suicide inside the woodlands, located at the base of Mount Fuji. (Kyodo)

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Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - In this September 2011 photo, two people pray for those who committed suicide at the Aokigahara Jukai forest in Yamanashi Prefecture. Anyone can enter the forest that stretches northwest of Mt. Fuji, and the site has been a notorious magnet for those wishing to end their lives. (Kyodo)

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Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken in April 2012 shows a sign standing near the entrance to the Aokigahara Jukai forest, a notorious magnet for those wishing to commit suicide, in Yamanashi Prefecture, which reads: ''Life is a precious gift from your parents'' and ''Please do not worry all by yourself and talk to us.'' A help line number is also provided. The message is intended to deter those entering the forest that stretches northwest of Mt. Fuji with suicidal thoughts from killing themselves. (Kyodo)

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Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Tape is wound around a tree in the Aokigahara Jukai forest in Yamanashi Prefecture in this April 2012 photo. Other trees have been similarly marked inside the thick forest, a notorious magnet for those wishing to commit suicides that stretches northwest of Mt. Fuji, to prevent people from getting disorientated. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in this photo taken on May 26, 2007, eats his lunch during an ecology tour at Aokigahara forest in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, during his first term as premier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo