More aging Japanese need to cope with living alone

A report published by Japan’s National Institute of Population and Social Security research in late November concluded that single-person households will account for 44.3% of the nationwide total by 2050. The figure rises to 54.1% in Tokyo. The number of people aged 65 or older living alone is projected to rise to 10.83 million by 2050, a 1.5-fold increase from the 2020 figure.