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More Cats Than Dogs, for the First Time
Japan just crossed a threshold: cats now outnumber dogs as pets. In this crowd, 768 people go home to a cat. 572 to a dog. And 1,388 go home to neither — in one of the loneliest developed nations on earth.
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Japan now has more registered pets than children under 15. The country's love of animals has accelerated as birth rates fall — a visible sign of a society reorganizing around smaller households.
See also: Going Home Alone