[Earthquake 2013]355 folks died in isolation in catastrophe public housing; isolation of residents turns into extra critical | NHK

Last yr, the variety of so-called “remoted deaths,” wherein folks died with out being seen by anybody, occurred in catastrophe public housing in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima, the place individuals who misplaced their houses within the Great East Japan Earthquake and the nuclear energy plant accident that occurred 13 years in the past lived. NHK has discovered that by the top of December, the overall quantity will rise to at the very least 355. As of December final yr, at the very least 48 new instances have been confirmed this yr, and as time passes, the inhabitants continues to age and alternatives for interplay are lowering, making residents more and more remoted.

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