One of the 170 blocks that make up the Tokiwadaira housing estate near Tokyo. The estate was once a thriving community but is now at the heart of Japan’s lonely deaths epidemic. Photograph: Justin McCurry/The Guardian One of the 170 blocks that make up the Tokiwadaira housing estate near Tokyo. The estate was once a thriving community but is now at the heart of Japan’s lonely deaths epidemic. Phot
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