Japan’s Elderly are Lonely and Struggling

Japan’s Elderly are Lonely and Struggling

Some women choose to go to jail instead. But this isn’t a nursing home – it’s Japan’s largest women’s prison. The population here reflects the aging society outside, and the pervasive problem of loneliness that guards say is so acute for some elderly prisoners that they’d prefer to stay incarcerated. “There are even people who say they will pay 20,000 or 30,000 yen ($130-190) a month (if they can) live here forever…”

Source: CNN
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