YouTube Star Logan Paul Apologizes for Japan 'Suicide Forest' Video That Shows Dead Body

Inside Edition Staff
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The vlogger was widely criticized for a video that showed a victim of suicide.

A YouTube star has come under fire after posting a video that reportedly showed a suicide victim's body.

Logan Paul apologized Monday for posting a video that showed the body hanging from a tree in the Aokigahara forest, which is located near Mount Fuji.

The forest has been known for years as a destination for those who intend to end their lives, but Paul's handling of the sensitive issue has left some critics furious.

In the video, titled "We Found a Dead Body in Japan's Suicide Forest," Paul tells his 15 million followers to "buckle up!" for what he's "pretty sure that this has never hopefully happened to anyone on YouTube ever."

Paul shouts, "Yo, are you alive?" toward the body. The person's face was blurred.