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The modern view is mostly — not totally — bleak. Two images dominate: hikikomori (acute social withdrawal) and kodokushi (dying alone). They merge. Hikikomori claimed mass attention a generation ago. It was a young people’s issue. Time passes; age takes its toll. “8050” tells the story: children in their 50s helplessly dependent on parents in their 80s. It’s not sustainable. The parents die. What becomes of the children? They face the bleakest of prospects — solitary drift to solitary death. The Cabinet Office in 2019 estimated the nationwide hikikomori population at 1.15 mill...

The actual number dealing with job losses is believed to be even higher, as the ministry has not yet been able to fully assess the whole situation.

Japan records nearly 80,000 pandemic-linked job losses Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ The number of workers who have become unemployed in December came to 5,199 across the country as of Friday, already topping the November total of 5,193. | KYODO Jiji Dec 28, 2020 The total number of people who have become unemployed in Japan amid the coronavirus pandemic reached 79,522 as of Friday, the labor ministry’s latest weekly tally showed Monday. Of the tot...