Why Japan’s youth are lonelier than their elders — even embracing solitude, at great social cost
                                    
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  When members of the extended family of CNA’s Vanessa Lim decided to try to track down long-lost relatives in China, their chances of success seemed slim, as they were armed with just the name of their ancestral village and a relative’s name.   
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 Despite moves by various governments to limit joss paper burning, the practice continues unabated. Terence Heng asks if it is possible to find a compromise between respecting religious and cultural traditions and addressing social and environmental concerns.   
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