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More aging Japanese need to cope with living alone
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December 14, 2024
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New figures show that 20% of elderly Japanese will live alone by 2050, so the government wants solutions to avoid "kodokushi" — the Japanese term that means a lonely death. At the age of 85, Ikuko Arai finally retired on November 30.
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