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Japan police: Nearly 4k who died alone at home not found for over a month

Japanese police data for the first half of this year has revealed that the bodies of nearly 4,000 people who died alone at home in the country were not discovered for more than a month after their deaths.

Japanese police data for the first half of this year has revealed that the bodies of nearly 4,000 people who died alone at home in the country were not discovered for more than a month after their deaths. The National Police Agency released a report it hopes will help shed more light on the social problem of people who die unattended at home after leading a lonely or isolated life. The police agency plans to provide the report to a Cabinet Office working group studying how to address the issue of unattended deaths.

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