With Marie Kondo and those tidy soccer fans representing Japan overseas, you’d be forgiven for thinking that everything is spick and span at home. This week, Alex K.T. Martin looks at what form compulsive hoarding disorder takes in Japan and how it manifests when combined with other aspects of life here. 

Hosted by Shaun McKenna and produced by Dave Cortez. 

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Deal with clutter while the choice to toss is still yours (Louise George Kittaka, The Japan Times)

In graying Japan, pet hoarding proving to be a pesky problem (Kyodo)

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