Lonely Japanese Seniors Turn to Crime
October 14, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Depression
Sounds like a trashy tabloid headline, doesn’t it? But, it’s not far from the truth.
In Japan, seniors are beginning to be the largest portion of the population- almost 20%, and this number is set to double by the middle of the century. Japanese couples are having fewer children and are busy with their own lives, leaving the seniors to their own devices.
Citing loneliness as their reason, many of these elderly people have turned to shoplifting. Often, they don’t do it because they need the items, they do it because it gets them out of the house and gives them a …read more
