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Kodokushi
or 'lonely death' refers to a Japanese phenomenon of people dying alone and remaining undiscovered for a long period of time. The phenomenon was first described in the 1980s.〔 Kodokushi has become an increasing problem in Japan, attributed to economic troubles and Japan's increasingly elderly population.〔
==Statistics==
Statistics regarding kodokushi are often incomplete or inaccurate.〔 Japan's national broadcasting network reported that 32,000 elderly people nationwide died alone in 2009. The number of kodokushi tripled between 1983 and 1994, with 1,049 lonely deaths reported in Tokyo in 1994. In 2008, there were more than 2,200 reported lonely deaths in Tokyo.〔 Similar numbers were reported in 2011. One private moving company in Osaka reported that 20 percent of the moving company's jobs (300 per year) involved removing the belongings of people who had died lonely deaths.〔 Approximately 4.5% of funerals in 2006 involved instances of kodokushi.
Kodokushi most often affects men in their 50s and people over 65 years old.〔
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