When the coronavirus pandemic first broke out, Stefano Volonte, an Italian teacher, translator and interpreter, was planning to move to Japan to start a master¡¯s degree in sociology and to reunite with his then-girlfriend.
But when the borders slammed shut, their life together was put on indefinite hold.
¡°When 2020 hit it was devastating,¡± Volonte, 29, explained.
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