FEATURE: Japan's smartphone apps aim to provide lifeline to those in isolation

When it comes to loneliness and isolation in Japan, the problem of people dying alone has generally been associated with seniors, but middle-aged working adults who live alone are increasingly worried they could suffer the same fate. Now, technology may be providing a lifeline.Registration among working people to emergency smartphone app services has been spreading as the younger generation finds themselves more cut off from society with insufficient government support. The growing feeling of isolation has only been exacerbated under the coronavirus pandemic.Yoshio Konno, the younger brothe…READ FULL ARTICLE