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Old 08-15-2010, 06:44 PM   #5
gvidas
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Sort of the inverse problem in Japan:

Japan, Checking on Its Oldest, Finds Many Gone

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TOKYO — Japan has long boasted of having many of the world’s oldest people — testament, many here say, to a society with a superior diet and a commitment to its elderly that is unrivaled in the West.
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That was before the police found the body of a man thought to be one of Japan’s oldest, at 111 years, mummified in his bed, dead for more than three decades. His daughter, now 81, hid his death to continue collecting his monthly pension payments, the police said.
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