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As the coronavirus pandemic plunged the world into lockdown, for many in Japan the social isolation that was imposed was nothing out of the ordinary. Why have so many in Japan become socially withdrawn - even before the pandemic?
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Cats – hundreds and hundreds of them – define the quiet island of Tashirojima. They have just a handful of elderly human residents for company, who maintain a life steeped in fading but beautiful Japanese culture. This heart-warming and evocative documentary explores how a tight-knit community of ever more wizened pensioners find joy in their unique island identity, and affection from their felin…
On March 11th 2011 Japan woke up to a new and very frightening world. Through the eyes of the bright, smart young children who managed to survive the terrible disaster we see the pain-tinged environment in which they have to forge their futures. From the child who has forgotten how to speak to the eight-year-old who wants to become a radiation researcher. It is in turns a touching and horrifying …
From camping out in the Park, to capsule hotels and cyber cafes, we dive into the weird and wonderful world of the homeless in Japan. Their cardboard houses may be painted in technicolour, but the shame of the former day labourers still runs deep.
56-year-old Naoki once had it all, living good-life when Japan's economy was at it's height. But after the bubble burst, he lost everything. Then he met Yoshie. This documentary tells an unusual love story of survival in the world's second richest economy.
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