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
Over 37,000 people in 🇯🇵 #Japan died alone in their homes in the first half of 2024, with almost 4,000 being discovered over a month after they died, according to the National Police Agency, amid loneliness problem exacerbated by an ageing population. #karousi #Lonelydeath

Remember, every time you see a lurid story about sex or porn, that tabloids are real and that otherwise-responsible press outlets rarely can resist giving sex/porn stories the tabloid treatment:

http://www.erosblog.com/2017/03/07/hoarding-porn-and-tabloid-lies/

#Porn #PornCollection #Hoarder #Horror #Tabloid #LonelyDeath #HeartAttack #Lurid

Hoarding, Porn, And Tabloid Lies - ErosBlog: The Sex Blog

I was already unimpressed by the salacious tabloid treatment of the hoarder in Japan found dead in his apartment along with his giant porn collection;... Tagged: sex blogging, hoarder, hoarding, porn magazines

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