Over 35% in Japan feel lonely amid pandemic, young people hit harder

More than 35 percent of people in Japan feel lonely and isolated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with young people in their 20s and 30s hit harder than the elderly as the result of limited social interaction, a government survey showed Friday.The survey polled 20,000 people aged 16 and older nationwide in a random sample as of December, before the highly transmissible Omicron variant rapidly spread across the country in a sixth wave of the pandemic that pushed coronavirus cases to record levels.Asked about whether they feel lonely, 4.5 percent said they often or always feel that way, while 14…READ FULL ARTICLE