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They told me that Japanese people were not used to volunteering and that nobody would call, as Japanese do not discuss their problems. Both assumptions were completely wrong.

Wednesday 26th November, 06:30 AM JST

Ruth Hetcamp, a German woman who started Tokyo Inochi-no-Denwa (Lifeline), Japan’s first telephone counseling service, in 1971. Last year, Lifeline’s 51 centers in Japan answered 702,957 calls in Japanese. (Japan Times)

3 Comments

  • TPOJ at 03:59 PM JST - 26th November

    Good.

    Not much more to say.

  • ca1ic0cat at 10:31 PM JST - 26th November

    So there is some help available if you want it. They should advertise this more on the trains.

  • tyciol at 09:25 AM JST - 16th December

    That's great, I would love to star a helpline in Japan.

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