In 2021, Japan appointed a Minister for Loneliness — a Cabinet-level position officially responsible for developing national policy on social isolation — after years of speculation that isolation had become one of the country’s most serious public-health
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Space DailyIn 2021, Japan appointed a Minister for Loneliness — a Cabinet-level position officially responsible for developing national policy on social isolation — after years of speculation that isolation had become one of the country’s most serious public-health spacedaily.comIn February 2021, the Japanese government decided that loneliness was a matter of state. The decision took a specific form. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga did not build a new department. He handed the loneliness and isolation brief to Tetsushi Sakamoto, a sitting cabinet minister who was already responsible for regional revitalisation and for the country’s […] The post In 2021, Japan appointed a Minister for Loneliness — a Cabinet-level position officially responsible for developing national policy on social isolation — after years of speculation that isolation had become one of the country’s most serious public-health issues appeared first on Space Daily .
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