In February 2021, Japan appointed Tetsushi Sakamoto as the world's second cabinet minister for loneliness, three years after Britain created the role. The move came after a pandemic-era surge in suicides, particularly among women, forced Tokyo to treat social isolation as a matter of state. The post Japan created a national ministerial post for loneliness in 2021, becoming only the second country after Britain to appoint such a minister, after data linked prolonged social isolation to a measurable rise in suicides during the pandemic. appeared first on Space Daily .
Japan created a national ministerial post for loneliness in 2021, becoming only the second country after Britain to appoint such a minister, after data linked prolonged social isolation to a measurable rise in suicides during the pandemic.
