Forest with stunning views of Mount Fuji is also chosen as place to pray . Counselors now roam the Forest , hoping to help the desperate . Suicides in Japan were 15 percent higher in January than a year earlier . Watanabe fears more suicidal visitors will arrive in the coming weeks . Some fear more people will kill themselves amid the tough economy .
Forest with stunning views of Mount Fuji is also chosen as place to pray . Counselors now roam the Forest , hoping to help the desperate . Suicides in Japan were 15 percent higher in January than a year earlier . Some fear more people will kill themselves amid the tough economy .