• Nearly 40% of adults in Japan feel lonely at a time when social interaction is limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent survey have shown. | GETTY IMAGES
    Nearly 40% of adults in Japan feel lonely at a time when social interaction is limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent survey have shown. | GETTY IMAGES

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Nearly 40% of adults in Japan feel lonely as social interaction remains limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent survey showed.

Younger people tend to feel more isolated, according to the online survey conducted in February by organizations including Tokyo nonprofit Anata no Ibasho.

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