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An American YouTube star has prompted a barrage of criticism after he posted a video which showed the body of an apparent suicide victim in Japan.<\/p>\n

The video showed Logan Paul and friends at the Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt Fuji, known to be a frequent site of suicides.<\/p>\n

Going in to film the “haunted” forest, they come across a dead body and are shocked, but also make jokes.<\/p>\n

Online comments have called the video “disrespectful” and “disgusting”.<\/p>\n

The video was uploaded on Sunday and had millions of views on Youtube before it was taken down.<\/p>\n

Logan Paul, who has more than 15 million subscribers on Youtube,\u00a0has since posted an apology on Twitter, saying he had been “misguided by shock and awe”.<\/p>\n

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Aokigahara has a tragic reputation in Japan and internationally as a destination for young people who want to kill themselves.<\/p>\n

The actual figure on suicides there each year is not made public, to avoid publicising the site, but it is believed to have been more than 100 in some years.<\/p>\n

Signs are posted in the forest urging people to seek medical help rather than take their own life.<\/p>\n

The 15-minute video is part of a series of posts from Japan where the US vlogger is on a trip with friends.<\/p>\n

They go on a visit to the forest intending to focus on the “haunted” aspect of it, he says in the video.<\/p>\n

After walking a short distance into the forest, the group come across a body.<\/p>\n

The group is filmed approaching the body, which is shown in several close-ups where only the face is blurred out.<\/p>\n

A member of the group is heard off camera saying he “doesn’t feel good”, Mr Paul then asks him: “What, you never stand next to a dead guy?”. He then laughs.<\/p>\n

The identity of the deceased man is not known. Japan has one of the highest rates of suicide in the developed world.<\/p>\n

‘Garbage person’<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Monday, Logan Paul’s name was trending globally on Twitter. Though some people said he had helped raise awareness, the comments were overwhelmingly negative.<\/p>\n

Online comments have accused him of acting inappropriately and being disrespectful. Some have called for his entire channel to be removed from YouTube.<\/p>\n

In his apology, posted on his Twitter page, Mr Paul said: “I’m surrounded by good people and believe I make good decisions, but I’m still a human being. I can be wrong.”<\/p>\n

He goes on to say he wanted to “make a positive ripple on the internet, not cause a monsoon of negativity”, by raising awareness of suicide and suicide prevention.<\/p>\n

Mr Paul says in the video that he is not making money off the content. YouTube, which pays content providers for videos that garner above a certain number of hits, did not immediately respond to the BBC’s request for comment.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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