Alone in Japan: A Journey to the Future

No sex. No kids. No future?

When Tom Feiling first moved to Tokyo as a student in the early 1990s, Japan seemed to embody the future: a rising superpower, a technology powerhouse, and a global symbol of prosperity, civility, and success. When he returned twenty-four years later, the country still felt like a glimpse of what lay ahead. But this time, he realized, it was not a beacon. It was a warning.

This book offers a striking portrait of contemporary Japan, from remote rural villages to the...