The Japanese finding that owning less means having more

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How many possessions do you own?

Fumio Sasaki owns just 150. He is one of a growing number of Japanese people turning to a minimalist lifestyle, where adherents do away with the clutter of their lives to leave themselves simply with what is essential.

“It’s a mystery to me,
We have a greed with which we have agreed,
You think you have to want more than you need,
Until you have it all you won’t be free”

- Eddie Vedder