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    Insider Asia‏Verified account @InsiderAsia 22 Feb 2021

    Japan appointed a "Minister of Loneliness" this month to tackle the country's rising suicide rates. Here’s a thread 👇https://www.insider.com/japan-minister-of-loneliness-suicides-rise-pandemic-2021-2 …

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      2. Insider Asia‏Verified account @InsiderAsia 22 Feb 2021

        During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with people more socially isolated than ever, Japan saw a rise in suicides for the first time in 11 years, particularly among women.https://www.insider.com/japan-more-suicide-deaths-in-october-than-from-covid-19-in-2020 …

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      3. Insider Asia‏Verified account @InsiderAsia 22 Feb 2021

        In October, more people died from suicide than had died from COVID-19 in Japan in all of 2020 so far. There were 2,153 suicide deaths that month and 1,765 total virus deaths up to the end of October 2020, per the Japanese National Police Agency.https://www.insider.com/japan-more-suicide-deaths-in-october-than-from-covid-19-in-2020 …

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      4. Insider Asia‏Verified account @InsiderAsia 22 Feb 2021

        Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga appointed Tetsushi Sakamoto, who is already a minister in charge of dealing with Japan's declining birthrate and promoting regional revitalization, to oversee government policies to deal with loneliness and isolation.https://www.insider.com/japan-minister-of-loneliness-suicides-rise-pandemic-2021-2 …

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      5. Insider Asia‏Verified account @InsiderAsia 22 Feb 2021

        Loneliness has long been an issue in Japan, often discussed alongside "hikikomori," or people who live in extreme social isolation.https://www.insider.com/japan-minister-of-loneliness-suicides-rise-pandemic-2021-2 …

        8 replies 166 retweets 709 likes
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      6. Insider Asia‏Verified account @InsiderAsia 22 Feb 2021

        People have worked to create far-ranging solutions to this issue. Engineers in Japan previously designed a robot to hold someone's hand when they're lonely.https://www.insider.com/robot-is-designed-to-hold-your-hand-when-youre-lonely-2020-12 …

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      7. Insider Asia‏Verified account @InsiderAsia 22 Feb 2021

        The United Kingdom was the first country to appoint a loneliness minister in 2018, after a 2017 report found that more than nine million people in the UK said they often or always felt lonely. Australia has considered creating a similar position.https://www.insider.com/japan-minister-of-loneliness-suicides-rise-pandemic-2021-2 …

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      2. Yousuf‏ @Yousuf_Miah 22 Feb 2021
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        That is so sad. And we think this is a model, developed and technologically advanced society. It's years of policies that's resulted in this sad trend and its fast catching up in the west.

        6 replies 11 retweets 367 likes
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      2. Dazzle‏ @emancipated_D 22 Feb 2021
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        I love this, now let's appoint ministers of love and peace

        7 replies 2 retweets 87 likes
      3. faraz‏ @1dollar44 22 Feb 2021
        Replying to @emancipated_D @InsiderAsia

        lmao and a minister of truth?

        3 replies 0 retweets 103 likes
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