230,000 Japanese centenarians missing or dead
By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy
Posted Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:31pm AEST
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Japanese officials say more than 230,000 people listed as being over the age of 100 cannot be found.
Famed for the longevity of its people, Japan has been forced to do some national soul-searching, after several citizens, recognised as being over 100, were actually found to have been dead for decades.
The government launched a nationwide audit of family registries and found that more than 230,000 people listed as reaching three figures were either dead or missing.
The survey also discovered records for nearly 1,000 people who would be 150 or older.
By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy
Posted Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:31pm AEST
* Related Story: Centenarian search leads to skeleton in backpack
* Related Story: Tokyo's 'oldest woman' missing for decades
Japanese officials say more than 230,000 people listed as being over the age of 100 cannot be found.
Famed for the longevity of its people, Japan has been forced to do some national soul-searching, after several citizens, recognised as being over 100, were actually found to have been dead for decades.
The government launched a nationwide audit of family registries and found that more than 230,000 people listed as reaching three figures were either dead or missing.
The survey also discovered records for nearly 1,000 people who would be 150 or older.
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It might help if you post a link to the entire story, or a couple of different links to the same story so people can read different views. But, this is looking more and more to be fraud, as more people are admitting to not reporting deaths to keep collecting retirement funds and social security checks.
It might help if you post a link to the entire story, or a couple of different links to the same story so people can read different views. But, this is looking more and more to be fraud, as more people are admitting to not reporting deaths to keep collecting retirement funds and social security checks.
WorkMx is so naughty!
234,354 are unaccounted for! (I love the precision of that number)
"Its impact on Japan’s average life expectancy is also likely to be minimal because the figures are calculated based on information collected for national censuses, conducted every five years, by field workers who directly visit households, and data on men aged 98 and over and women who are 103 years old or above are not included in computing life expectancy figures."
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Keep in mind that payments for welfare, etc are separate from the family registers, so fraud is not as widespread as one might think.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/over-234000-centenarians-unaccounted-for-among-missing-elderly
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20100911-236659.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_missing_centenarians
234,354 are unaccounted for! (I love the precision of that number)
"Its impact on Japan’s average life expectancy is also likely to be minimal because the figures are calculated based on information collected for national censuses, conducted every five years, by field workers who directly visit households, and data on men aged 98 and over and women who are 103 years old or above are not included in computing life expectancy figures."
AND
Keep in mind that payments for welfare, etc are separate from the family registers, so fraud is not as widespread as one might think.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/over-234000-centenarians-unaccounted-for-among-missing-elderly
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20100911-236659.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_missing_centenarians
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