Japan will prioritise laws to fight the scourge of cyber bullying while a consortium of social media networks has vowed to clamp down more strongly on online harassment and slander in the wake of Netflix star Hana Kimura's untimely death last Saturday.
The 22-year-old professional wrestler and cast member of the latest season of Terrace House, a reality hit series aired on Japan's Fuji Television and by streaming giant Netflix, took her own life by releasing toxic gas at her Tokyo home, where she lived alone.
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