https://www.scmp.com/rss/326797/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com 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 among us, they mate, fly and cry. They cry until their bodies are found on the ground, twitching in their last moments, or on their backs with their legs pointing upwards. Chieko Ito hates the din they make. They have just started shrieking, as they always do... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2139153/lonely-deaths-why-japans-ageing-population-dying?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2139153/lonely-deaths-why-japans-ageing-population-dying?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Mar 2018 03:15:45 +0000