📹Almost 40,000 elderly Japanese have died alone in their homes in recent years. Many were discovered by the police only a month after their deaths, while some bodies remained undiscovered for an entire year. This shocking phenomenon is known in the country as ‘kodokushi’.

The number of such individuals continues to rise each year, with projections estimating that by 2050, there will be 10.8 million forgotten elderly people. Hear the stories of those who live in obscurity in Artyom Somov's documentary 'Dying Alone' (2019).

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