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15% of all japanese citizens reported feeling lonely in 2020. in a nation of over 125 million people, it translates to millions suffering in silence.

why is japan suffering a loneliness pandemic? and why is no one talking about it?

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - introduction
02:56 - mr. ueda's story
05:52 - youth loneliness
10:44 - japan's social norms & stigmas
12:55 - technology as a medium of isolation
15:48 - the future of loneliness

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