Single-person households rise in prefectural housing; Shizuoka introduces 24-hour AI chat to counter isolation
Elderly people living alone in prefectural housing are increasing. Of about 10,000 households across 126 prefectural housing complexes in the prefecture, the single-person share was 36.4% as of April, up 13.5% from ten years earlier. With isolation a concern, the prefecture introduced an AI chat from the 16th that serves as a conversation and consultation partner for residents.
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