A perspective piece by James Davis – a member of our Initiative Let’s face it, most of us just aren’t as physically active as we used to be. Many men now work in offices and since Covid and increase in working from home has meant that even the sparse exercise of the commute has gone out the window. Well that matters because as human beings…
Japan’s Lonely Death Crisis and The Men Left Alone
And William (Bill) Hall, President, Ipsos Healthcare Japan Japan has a word for it: kodokushi. Literally translated as “lonely death”. It describes a person dying alone at home and remaining undiscovered for days, weeks, or in some cases years. This is not a new phenomenon. The term entered public consciousness in the 1980s. In 2025, the first wave of surviving postwar baby boomers (1947 -1949)…
