In Japan, during the first 6 months of this year, more than 37,000 people living alone at home have died.
The British Broadcasting Corporation, referring to the Japanese police report, said that the death of about 4,000 of them was known at least a month after their death, while the bodies of 130 people who died were also found. More than a year had passed.
The National Police Agency report said that during the first 6 months of this year, 37,227 people who lived alone were found dead in their homes, more than 70 percent of the dead were 65 years old or older.
According to the report, the highest number of people who died, 7,498, were aged 85 years or more, 5,920 were aged 75 to 79, and 5,635 were aged 70 to 74.
Although an estimated 40 percent of those who died at home were found within a day, police reports revealed that about 3,939 bodies were found one month after the deceased's death and 130 bodies at least one year later. Later discovered.
Earlier this year, Japan's National Institute of Population and Social Security Research said that the number of elderly citizens (aged 65 or older) living alone is expected to reach 1.8 million by 2050, the same year. The total number of single-person households is estimated to reach 2.33 million.
According to the United Nations, Japan currently has the largest elderly population in the world.
Japan's National Police Agency hopes the report will shed light on the problem of Japan's growing aging population, where large numbers of people live and die alone.
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