http://jetwit.com/wordpress/2009/12/21/wit-life-63-the-lonely-people/ A site for the JET alumni freelance and professional community Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:33:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://jetwit.com/wordpress/2009/12/21/wit-life-63-the-lonely-people/comment-page-1/#comment-8680 Japanese News and Culture Blog Roundup: 12/17/09-12/23/09 | Hills Learning Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:09:49 +0000 http://jetwit.com/wordpress/?p=9971#comment-8680 [...] 12/21/09: WIT Life #63: The Lonely People A post about a recent talk given in New York about loneliness in contemporary Japan. Issues “include karo-jisatsu (suicide by overwork), sekkusu-resu (sexless marriage), kateinai-rikon (in-house divorce) and hikikomori (complete social withdrawal).” An article in the New York Times noted that sometimes those suffering from depression simply have no one to talk to about their problems, and turn to suicide as the answer. [...] [...] 12/21/09: WIT Life #63: The Lonely People A post about a recent talk given in New York about loneliness in contemporary Japan. Issues “include karo-jisatsu (suicide by overwork), sekkusu-resu (sexless marriage), kateinai-rikon (in-house divorce) and hikikomori (complete social withdrawal).” An article in the New York Times noted that sometimes those suffering from depression simply have no one to talk to about their problems, and turn to suicide as the answer. [...]

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