Of those 37,227 Japanese people who died alone in their homes in the first half of the year, some 3,939 went unnoticed for over a month.

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%.

  • @[email protected]English
    41•19 days ago

    So, like, not all at once. This is sad and disturbing, but I definitely read that headline wrong…

      • @[email protected]English
        3•19 days ago

        Well it does correlate with my estimated percentage of people who are assholes. So there is that…

    • @TaiatariEnglish
      1•19 days ago

      Imagine the carnage, if the headline was correct the way you read it first…

      • tiredofsametab
        3•19 days ago

        It’s how I read it as well and we do have some cults here so my mind went to a Jonestown type of situation.