Some 77,000 people found dead alone in their homes in 2025

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A government working group studying the issue terms such cases as koritsushi, meaning “isolated death.”Of those koritsushi cases, 71.6% involved people age 65 or older
At least 7,148 people had been dead for more than a month before being found, with 208 of them having been left undiscovered for over a year.The data also highlights a stark gender imbalance in cases involving prolonged isolation
Men accounted for 17,620 of the isolated deaths, approximately 3.8 times that of women.The latest announcement of the NPA data marks the second such release after the government began disclosing such information last year as part of efforts to shed light on the issue of isolated deaths.While the rise in single-person households — driven by declining marriage rates and Japan’s aging population — is a key factor behind the trend, the growing social isolation of older men in particular is emerging as a serious societal concern.

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