The Japan Times66%
Some 77,000 people found dead alone in their homes in 2025 0%
By Jessica Speed0%
4/17/2026, 5:58:00 AM
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A total of 76,941 people were found dead alone in their homes across Japan in 2025, according to data from the National Police Agency (NPA).
The number makes up nearly a third of the 204,562 dead bodies handled by police nationwide last year, according to the recently released data.
The data showed that people age 65 or older accounted for 76.6% of all cases of solitary deaths at home.
They numbered 58,919, up by 875 from 2024.
Most of the deceased were discovered relatively quickly, despite dying alone.
A total of 28,398 people were found on the day they were estimated to have died or the following day; 15,865 within two to three days; and 10,456 within four to seven days.
However, a significant share of cases involved prolonged isolation.
According to the NPA data, a total of 22,222 of the bodies, or 28.9% of the total, were discovered eight days or more after death.
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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