Mandy Chong 4/25/19 Mandy Chong 4/25/19

UNDERCOVER ASIA: SUICIDE FOREST

For Channel News Asia
The Aokigahara forest is Japan’s suicide hotspot. Each year the authorities remove as many as 100 bodies found hanging on the trees here. Undercover Asia explores how the town of Yamanashi is trying to cope with this death toll.

Mandy Chong 3/1/19 Mandy Chong 3/1/19

GET REAL: THE BUSINESS OF DYING

For Channel News Asia
Tokyo, a city bursting with the living, is struggling with the dead. By 2040, 1.7 million Japanese is expected to die every year. With limited land, and crumbling social networks, how is Japan coping with the growing high death toll?