Elderly residents walk along a street in the Toshima district of Tokyo. Photo: Bloomberg
Starvation death of mother and daughter in Japan reveals harsh cost of poverty in the time of coronavirus
- Support centres around the country have seen a surge in consultations, but the tragedy in Osaka shows that there are also those who fall through the safety net
- Evidence shows that phenomenon of ‘kodokushi’, or people dying alone and remaining undiscovered, is becoming increasingly frequent
Elderly residents walk along a street in the Toshima district of Tokyo. Photo: Bloomberg