A Generation in Japan Faces a Lonely Death - The New York TimesA huge government apartment complex in Tokiwadaira, Japan, has become known for lonely deaths.Credit...Ko Sasaki for The New York Times TOKIWADAIRA, Japan — Cicadas, every Japanese schoolchild knows, lie underground for years before rising to the earth’s surface in summer. They climb up the nearest tree, where they cast off their shells and start their short second lives. During their few days amo
