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Nearly 40,000 People Died Alone in Japan in First Half of 2024

  • Almost 40,000 people were found dead alone in their homes in Japan during the first half of 2024
  • Of these, nearly 4,000 were discovered more than a month after death, with 130 bodies going unnoticed for a year.
  • Japan, which has the world's oldest population, is grappling with a growing issue of elderly citizens living and dying alone.
  • 70% of the deceased were aged 65 and above, with the largest group being those aged 85 and older.
  • The findings will be presented to a government group addressing unattended deaths, as Japan continues to struggle with its ageing and declining population.

Source: BBC

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GoofyCupcake
GoofyCupcake
Microsoft11mo

All the dreams of getting away from family, independence, freedom lead society into this state. Choose carefully

PerkyBiscuit
PerkyBiscuit
Laid-off11mo

People may comment that not marrying, staying away is the reason. Even if you are with family, your body may be found faster than this, but you will still die. Once dead, all this doesn't matter anyway

GigglyNugget
GigglyNugget
Stealth11mo

The price that the Japanese paid for the industrial revolution and the Meiji Restoration preceding that.

SleepyBurrito
SleepyBurrito
Groww11mo

I thought the price for that was Hentai.

ZestyJellybean
ZestyJellybean
Infosys11mo

@Welt_yang that’s why get married

TwirlyDumpling
TwirlyDumpling
Freelancer11mo

😸

CosmicLlama
CosmicLlama
Freelancer11mo

dream death of every male and female feminists... Surrounded by their independence and smashing patriarchy...

Too bad some nice Men and women will also suffer the same fate because of them...

CosmicLlama
CosmicLlama
Freelancer11mo

Jokes apart... But the lost decade of 1990 and the decade of sky high asset price growth is one of the major reason for this. People born in 60s in Japan are the main victims today. Politicians if they don't pay focus on inflation this is bound to happen. India will face a similar issue in another 30 years.

Many countries exhibit this character when there is unafforability in the market. Greece, Spain, all face the same issue. They balance it out thru immigration, Japan and Korea did not.

PrancingPotato
PrancingPotato
Stealth11mo

Same thing gonna happen to me as well.

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge11mo

Why do you think so

BouncyMochi
BouncyMochi
Stealth11mo

How does it matter after you die... Only thing I would like is to donate any useful organs... Shame that they got wasted because no one to call and donate

SquishyPotato
SquishyPotato
Allstate11mo

Everyone dies alone unless you are in an accident then maybe with other passengers

WobblyBoba
WobblyBoba
TCS11mo

The way Indian people life style is moving ahead in the name of technology dependency, movies effects will make Indian population suffer the same problem as like as Japan.

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