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Tim Hanlon

Pensioner returns to live on deserted island after brief spell in civilisation

A pensioner who lived for almost 30 years on a remote island has now returned after struggling to cope with civilisation.

Masafumi Nagasaki, 86, left his family and friends behind to live on the deserted island for 29 years, but was forced back to civilisation in 2018 by the Japanese government.

Now, he has been allowed to return to his home on the Island of Sotobanari, Yaeyama Islands, after his time in the real world left him anxious and unhappy.

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