For people overwhelmed by distress or a sense of helplessness, being able to talk anonymously to someone who will simply listen can provide a vital outlet.For more than three decades, a hotline in Yokohama has offered that support in Spanish and Portuguese, serving a segment of people in Japan who may struggle to express their deepest concerns in Japanese.The foreign-language counseling service, known as LAL, is run by the social welfare corporation Yokohama Inochinodenwa, or Yokohama Lifeline, and is the only branch of the suicide-prevention organization in Japan to provide support in the …READ FULL ARTICLE
