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Japan: Nearly 4,000 people found more than month after dying alone, report says (www.bbc.com)
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Almost 40,000 people died alone in their homes in Japan during the first half of 2024, a report by the country’s police shows.

Of that number, nearly 4,000 people were discovered more than a month after they died, and 130 bodies went unmissed for a year before they were found, according to the National Police Agency.

Japan currently has the world’s oldest population, according to the United Nations.

The agency hopes its report will shed light on the country's growing issue of vast numbers of its aging population who live, and die, alone.

Taken from the first half of 2024, the National Police Agency data shows that a total of 37,227 people living alone were found dead at home, with those aged 65 and over accounting for more than 70%.

While an estimated 40% of people who died alone at home were found within a day, the police report found that nearly 3,939 bodies were discovered more than a month after death, and 130 had lain unnoticed for at least a year before discovery.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How's that benchmark against, say, the USA?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Similar instances probably number in the low hundreds at maximum. Between bills, taxes, and nosey fucks it's impossible to just go missing" here, even if you don't have anyone that actually cares about you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If they died after being in pain for days after a fall, that's pretty concerning. If they just died of old age, then I don't see the issue, aside from the general health issues that thrive off dead meat hanging around.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Humans aren't really meant to be alone. To work well, society needs community. Community includes the elderly and those who live alone. If they're being forgotten en masse then something in your society is broken.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If they died writhing in pain over days, thats an issue, if they died in their sleep wtfs the problem, that would be my preferred way to go.

There seems no break out of which is which,? ones a problem, ones not.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

You do realise what happens to a dead person's body after about a month?

[–] kamenlady 5 points 3 months ago

This also reveals how old the population is and how many older people ~~live~~ are alone. They dead people found didn't just live alone, but obviously no one bothered to check why they went silent.

And yes, dying in my sleep would be the perfect way to go.

[–] cactusupyourbutt 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

if not beeing found is a thought that bothers you, get a smartwatch with automatic emergency call function

[–] TwanHE 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Just make sure your base heart rate is supported by the device. They all seem to think I'm dead already.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Boo!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

which ones have you tried?

[–] TwanHE 1 points 2 months ago

Multiple from Samsung and Xiaomi, but my resting heart rate is usually in the lower 40s but it can dip below that when im bing chilling.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

isn't japan like dense with ghosts and cryptids? this seems like a new way to make ghosts