This slipped right past me recently
Nearly 40,000 people died home alone in Japan this year
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyx6wwp5d5o - Text
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WGioO7Q-0Q - Video
There is a lot to unpick within this but, an ageing population, loneliness and social isolation on top of the commercialisation of dating can not be good. No wonder Tokyo has setup their own app - https://fortune.com/2024/06/06/tokyos-government-plays-matchmaker-with-new-dating-app-to-reverse-its-plunging-birth-rate/
@evan