By TAISHI SASAYAMA/ Staff Writer
April 30, 2021 at 18:55 JST
Tetsushi Sakamoto, the minister of loneliness, second from left, visits a cafeteria that provides meals to impoverished children in Tokyo on April 21. (Pool)
Japan’s minister of loneliness isn’t lonely these days, drawing much attention from media outside the country eager to know exactly what his job entails and if it’s meeting with success. [Read More]
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