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Chuo University

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Trends in loneliness in Japanese society from 1983 to 2023. The horizontal axis represents the investigation year of study, and the vertical axis represents mean of the UCLA Loneliness Scale scores. Each dot corresponds to an individual data point. As shown by the trend line, loneliness in Japan increased over the 40 years.

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Momo Homma, Master's Student, Graduate School of Letters, Chuo University Kenkichi Takase, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Chuo University

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