45% of Japanese living abroad feel lonely: government study

Nearly 45 percent of Japanese nationals living abroad feel lonely at times, a recent government survey showed, with areas lacking strong Japanese community ties believed to contribute to higher feelings of isolation.The survey was the first of its kind conducted by the Japanese Foreign Ministry, targeting approximately 1.3 million Japanese nationals living abroad. It garnered 55,420 online responses between October and December last year.According to the survey, a total of 44.9 percent either felt lonely "often or always," "sometimes" or "once in a while." The figure was 5.6 percentage poin…READ FULL ARTICLE