ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 12月3日 01時11分

A huge government apartment complex in Tokiwadaira, Japan, one of the country’s biggest, is a monument to Japan’s postwar baby boom and aspirations for a modern, American way of life. Today, nearly half of Tokiwadaira’s residents are over 65, and many hundreds of them live alone in 171 nearly identical white buildings. With no families or visitors to speak of, these older tenants spend weeks or months cocooned in their small apartments, offering little hint of their existence to the world outside their doors. And each year, some of them die without anyone knowing, only to be discovered after their neighbors caught the smell. “4,000 lonely deaths a week,” estimated the cover of a popular weekly magazine this summer, capturing the national alarm. For many residents, the deaths were the natural and frightening conclusion of Japan’s journey since the 1960s. The country’s single-minded focus on economic growth, followed by painful economic stagnation over the past generation, eroded communities and family ties. Now, a generation of elderly Japanese is dying alone. Ko Sasaki photographed this government apartment complex while on #nytassignment in #Tokiwadaira, Japan. Visit the link in our profile to read more.

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