Japan has long had the longest living people in the world. This, they have lectured the world with smug satisfaction, is the result of a sushi diet, respect of elderly people and a homogeneous population.
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Now it turns out, it is also the result of perennial lying and the defrauding the government of pensions. (Story)
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I am not saying that they aren't long lived. I am just saying that in many countries "long lived" includes have to be breathing. In Japan, apparently, the definition is just getting benefits.
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From the Story.
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The nationwide search started when officials went to wish their oldest male citizen a happy 111th birthday. They found a 30-year-old mummy instead. The family had continued to collect Sogen Kato's pension after his death, which likely occurred in 1978.
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Japan initially released figures that listed the population of people over 100 at around 40,300, but the audit turned up 230,000 missing centenarians on the public registry. Many of the missing would be at least 150 years old, and some may have died as long ago as World War II.
Japan initially released figures that listed the population of people over 100 at around 40,300, but the audit turned up 230,000 missing centenarians on the public registry. Many of the missing would be at least 150 years old, and some may have died as long ago as World War II.
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Missing number of people 230,000 (Two Hunderd Thousand Plus - about the size of Madison Wisconsin)