Shoppers 'ignored corpse for two months'
Police in western Japan said today that a man’s dead body was ignored by crowds on a busy street corner for two months before a taxi driver finally alerted authorities.
The body, believed to be that of a homeless man in his late 60s or early 70s, was found in front of a popular department store in the crowded downtown area of Osaka, Japan’s second-largest city.
A police spokesman said it was partially decomposed by the time authorities collected it earlier this month.
The corner is among the busiest in the city, with about a million people passing through the area each day.
The spokesman said the cause of death had not been determined, but foul play was not suspected.
He said the taxi driver reported finding the body on December 4.
