Japanese Americans returned from prison camps 80 years ago to face one of the country's 'greatest swindles'
Japanese Americans held in prison camps were allowed to return home. But much of what they'd left behind was gone: homes, ...
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Japan’s elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail instead
Some do it for survival – 20% of people aged over 65 in Japan live in poverty, according to the OECD, compared to an average ...
Push to lure Japanese tourists back to Cotswolds
"We are working so hard to get those Japan visitor numbers back up, especially with visits to the Cotswolds, which they know ...
Japan’s loneliness epidemic is so bad that elderly women are committing crimes to find friends and health care in prison
Japan, known for its robust aging population, was ranked the healthiest country to age in by the National Center for Health ...
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The Depiction of Hikikomori in Japanese Pop Culture: Can the Anime Industry Help ‘Social Recluses’ Break out of Their Shells?
As a result, pop culture is habitually paying lip service rather than helping the actual cause. Lack of knowledge on the part ...
Japanese aquarium cheers up lonely sunfish with cardboard cutouts of people
How do you perk up a lonely fish? This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real ...
Japan’s Foreign Workforce Hits Record as Labor Crisis Deepens
The number of foreign workers in Japan reached a new high, underscoring the country’s growing reliance on people from overseas to address its chronic labor shortage.