Facebook is joining efforts to reduce Japan's high suicide rate, creating a way for those in despair to be noticed and given a sympathetic ear.
On Wednesday the social network provider created a tool that lets users sound an alarm on posts that appear to show the writer is at the end of their tether.
Facebook users in some markets have been able to do this since 2011, but only now is it being made available in Japan.
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