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Japan’s rent-a-family industry

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    Similar article from last year on the same topic. It's one of the many, many weirdly fascinating yet deeply sad and depressing things about Japan. With a rapidly aging and declining population,...

    Similar article from last year on the same topic. It's one of the many, many weirdly fascinating yet deeply sad and depressing things about Japan.

    With a rapidly aging and declining population, sex-averse youth (45% of young women neither have nor want sex - source), bad working conditions, stagnant economy and an isolationist national sentiment, the Japanese have a very tough time ahead of them...

    EDIT: This is my favourite article ever about Japan. It's beautiful, lovely, sad and depressing. It's a long read, but I strongly recommend giving it a chance. It has something in it for everyone.

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