175: Table for one? What depopulation in Japan means for dinner.

This week on Deep Dive, Alex K.T. Martin noticed a dip in the national caloric intake and it turns out that a graying population that is increasingly single has something to do with why Japan is gradually downsizing dinner.
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Downsizing dinner: Aging Japan is eating less (Alex K.T. Martin, The Japan Times)
Inside Japan’s oldest village (Alex K.T. Martin, The Japan Times)
Work forever: Japan’s seniors brace for life without retirement (Alex K.T. Martin, The Japan Times)
Boom in ‘pet guardianship’ amid rise in elderly and singles (Kyodo)

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Photo: A woman takes her meal alone in Tokyo's Yanaka neighborhood. | LANCE HENDERSTEIN

175: Table for one? What depopulation in Japan means for dinner.

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