Despite its falling birth rate, more and more Japanese people are choosing to eat alone for more than half of the week. As per a…
Despite its falling birth rate, more and more Japanese people are choosing to eat alone for more than half of the week.
As per a government report approved by the Cabinet of Japan, cited by The Japan Times last May 29, this mirrors the rising number of single-person households in Japan, as well as an aging population and changes in household compositions.
The government report showed that 15.3 percent of the 1,786 survey respondents eat meals on their own more than half of the week. This marks a 5 percent rise from 2011, the year the government of Japan first asked the question in their annual dietary education survey.
The government has since called for dining occasions to be held in local communities as an attempt to get people to eat with each other. They noted that people who eat together usually have better nutritional balance and are more mindful of what they eat.
