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680 People Going Home to No One

One in three Japanese households contains exactly one person. Not a couple whose kids moved out. Not a widow. Often just a person in their 30s who never married, living alone in a city of millions. Japan has a word for it: kodawari. But it doesn't quite capture this.

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Japan's solo-living rate keeps rising as marriage rates fall. By 2040, an estimated 40% of all Japanese households will have just one person.