A government survey: 39.3% of the population of Japan feel lonely

Tokyo on May 11 / WAM / a government survey showed that the percentage of Japanese who feel lonely “often or always” or “sometimes” or “from time to time” reached 39.3% in 2024, unchanged from the previous survey in 2023. And Japanese law to address the feeling of loneliness and isolation, which was formulated in the wake of the Corona virus pandemic, local governments formed groups of Public and private sector institutions to provide assistance to the needy.
And the survey for the first time a relationship between feeling unit and the use of smartphones, and it appeared that 13.3% of those who use smartphones for more than 8 hours a day feel lonely “often or always”, and this percentage reached 9.5% among those who used their phones between 7 and 8 hours, which is a higher percentage than those who have reported their phones for less, and the reasons behind their feeling of loneliness is “The death of a family member’s death” by 24.6%, “living alone”, “changing or leaving school or job”, and “physical or psychological problems”.
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