Coronavirus pandemic brings some married couples closer in Japan: survey

As the novel coronavirus pandemic in Japan forces people to spend more time at home, nearly 20 percent of wives and husbands said in a survey that their relationships had improved due to increased communication.In the survey, 19.6 percent of the 1,080 respondents aged in their 20s through 50s said their relationships had "improved" or "improved somewhat," 6.1 percent said that they had "worsened" or "worsened somewhat," while 74.3 percent responded that their relationships had not changed.The online poll was conducted by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. in mid-October ahead of Nov. 22, Good …READ FULL ARTICLE