ashnodJan 19
Are You Dead Yet?
The app asks users to tap a button once every day, and if they fail to do so for two consecutive days, it automatically sends an email to a designated emergency contact,
https://www.wired.com/story/china-are-you-dead-yet-app/
#Kodokushi
China’s Hottest App Is a Daily Test of Whether You’re Still Alive

Are You Dead Yet soared to the top of app-store charts and became a magnet for investors. In an exclusive interview with WIRED, one of its creators says they’re changing the name anyway.

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The Japan TimesMar 31, 2025
A life reduced to objects, a death unnoticed. Spend time with some of those tasked with cleaning up after "solitary deaths," known in Japan as "kodokushi." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/03/31/lifestyle/kodokushi-elderly-death-cleaners/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #lonelydeath #kodokushi
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan

A growing industry quietly erases the final traces of those who die alone, exposing deep societal fractures.

The Japan Times
 HuffPost Japan - Athena2Oct 10, 2024

唐沢俊一氏の訃報に、サブカルと孤独死とヘイトと「受援力」などについて考えた
https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_67060969e4b00a4f9829f8d6

#huffingtonpost #NEWS #雨宮処凛 #貧困 #ロスジェネ #孤独死 #サブカル #唐沢俊一 #amamiyatokororin #hinkon #rosujene #kodokushi #sabukaru #karasawashunichi

唐沢俊一氏の訃報に、サブカルと孤独死とヘイトと「受援力」などについて考えた

90年代はパワハラやセクハラは恐ろしいほど放置されていた。しかし、令和の今、それらは「加害」と紙一重のものとなっている。そんなことに戸惑っている男性は私が想像するよりおそらく膨大にいるのだろう。

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📌Morirse en #soledad: #Kodokushi
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livusApr 18, 2024

Art: Miyu Kojima Creates Miniature Replicas of Lonely Deaths

Today I discovered the work of Miyu Kojima, a Japanese artist who makes beautifully detailed miniature dioramas of rooms in which people have died lonely deaths, a phenomenon called... #miyukojima #miniatures #kodokushi #death #japaneseart #13thfloor #13thFloor

https://www.spoon-tamago.com/miyu-kojima-miniature-kodokushi/

Miyu Kojima Creates Miniature Replicas of Lonely Deaths

Twenty six-year old Miyu Kojima works for a company that cleans up after kodokushi (孤独死) or lonely deaths: a Japanese phenomenon of people dying alone and remaining undiscovered for a long period of time. The instances first began to be reported around 2000, and are thought to be a product of increa

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 HuffPost Japan - Athena2Apr 7, 2024

父の書斎で、風呂場で、繰り返し行われた母からの虐待。機能不全家族で育った私が「母を捨てる」と決めるまで
https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_6610e1e3e4b0d81853f94fcf

#huffingtonpost #LIFE #アートとカルチャー #女性 #虐待 #介護 #生きづらさ #孤独死 #セルフネグレクト #機能不全家族 #教育虐待 #josei #gyakutai #kaigo #ikizurasa #kodokushi #serufunegurekuto #kinofuzenkazoku #kyoikugyakutai

父の書斎で、風呂場で、繰り返し行われた母からの虐待。機能不全家族で育った私が「母を捨てる」と決めるまで

母の虐待が行われた家庭という密室の狂気を知ってほしい。そして、母のような存在を生みだした社会の在り方について考えてほしい。『母を捨てる』を上梓したノンフィクション作家・菅野久美子さんによる寄稿です。

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feedOct 11, 2018
Artist creates miniature replicas of the rooms of Japan's "lonely deaths" https://boingboing.net/2018/10/11/kodokushi.html #socialisolation #arttherapy #MiyuKojima #kodokushi #sculpture #Japan #Post #art #孤独死
Artist creates miniature replicas of the rooms of Japan's "lonely deaths"

Japanese artist Miyu Kojima’s dayjob is cleaning up apartments whose occupants have died “lonely deaths” (kodokushi/孤独死), where someone socially isolated declines unnoticed for mo…

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