We live in a bustling, crowded world, yet loneliness appears to be on the rise. Why are so many of us feeling isolated and ...

Thirty-year-old Sarah works as a consultant ... an epidemic of loneliness. Feeling lonely is when the number of your social connections don’t meet your need for emotional intimacy.

He said more needs to be done to ensure that old people don't spend their final days alone and suffer "kodokushi," the Japanese term that translates as lonely death. "The average longevity of ...