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Anti-suicide crusader who has stopped over 500 people from killing themselves

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In Kenya, most retired individuals spend their sunset years nursing hangovers of their heydays. But in Japan, a retired police officer called Yukio Shige has devoted his retirement to preventing suicides. Japan Today reports he has been at it for over ten years now.

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