TOKYO – A total of 21,716 people died at home alone between January and March, and about 80 percent of them were 65 years old or older, according to figures released from a survey on May 13. The survey conducted by Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) showed the number of elderly people living alone and who died at home across the country in January-March.
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Based on this data, the total number of such deaths in 2024 is estimated to reach approximately 68,000. The survey covered 60,466 deceased individuals handled by police during the first three months of 2024. During the first three months this year, 17,034 people who died at home alone were seniors. There are those who died by suicide. Does this show how society can be indifferent or there is a broken social system that needs to be fixed?
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