Logan Paul Problem - From Long-Term Resident in Japan

I've lived in Japan for 26 years and have been a vlogger for over 10 years and this is my take on the whole Logan Paul debacle.

Call 1-800-273-8255 international suicide hotlines:
http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/donate/
I’ll be talking about the Aokigahara Forrest, Logan Paul, and suicide in Japan in general and death, and responses like Reina Scully and boogie2988
I’d like to talk about:
1. Aokigahara Forrest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara
Sea of trees
lava absorbs sound so it’s really peaceful
VICE video
idea of suicide is different.
Obasute / Ubasute / Oyasute
2. Logan Paul.
WORTH: 12.7 - 15 million.
Logan Paul is 22 years old.
He’s 305,502,000 views in the last 30 days.
6.6 million dollar house in Calabasas
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG8rbF3g2AMX70yOd8vqIZg
Joined Youtube: Joined Aug 28, 2015
FIrst video published: Sept. 12, 2016
MY FIRST VLOG - THE ROAD TO BURNING MAN!
Watch: REACTING TO MYSELF BEFORE I WAS FAMOUS!
Published on May 3, 2017
“I’m going to be the biggest entertainer in the world.”

He presently has: 15,297,876 subscribers

Logan Paul: Global Rank  254,933 61,285
Rank in United States  78,108  

Maggie sensei: Global Rank  69,532 44,242
Rank in Japan 10,400  

Celebrities such as Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and Sophie Turner (Game Of Thrones) have strongly spoken out on Twitter against Paul and his video, with Aaron Paul (the actor who played Jesse Pinkman), telling Logan to “rot in hell”:

3. Reina Scully’s video.
4. japanese attitudes about death…
about… this “crime”


Our culture triviliazes death and uses it to SELL.
How many youtubers have been told to go kill themselves or be a hero.
The other day there was a swatting incident. The guy took no responsibility.

Reina Scully video

1. Does Logan Paul damage Youtuber’s image?


Should media/TMZ, etc have re-uploaded it.

Does Logan Paul respect the Japanese as people?

Reina Scully looks foreign so she gets treated like a child? I doubt it. It’s probably your size.

Logan Paul is not at fault alone.

It’s YouTube’s responsibility?
As an Ambassador I do not speak for YouTube and get no special upload favors. (Just ocassional swag.) BUT I do know that YouTube puts a lot of the responsibility of flagging videos on US, the community.
There are even something called trusted flaggers.
But it looks like their is currently a waiting list to join:
https://contributors.youtube.com/
YouTube has since responded to the Logan Paul controversy and have said.

Amanda Todd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Amanda_Todd
My story: Struggling, bullying, suicide, self harm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOHXGNx-E7E

Logan is hurting Youtubers. Period.
How I feel about what Logan Paul did in Japan...
https://youtu.be/UuJ09HN4JO4
So Sorry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwZT7T-TXT0
Open Letter to Logan Paul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxLa9a99FqE