Self-Injury in Japan

Kaori examines the scars on her forearm. She says that she cuts herself because it helps numb the depression she feels.
Photographs by Kosuke Okahara / VU / Aurora

Hard Comfort
Kaori examines the scars on her forearm. Alone in Tokyo, the child of a broken home, she is stuck in a seemingly endless cycle of depression, unemployment and self-harm.

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