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CommanderDude7
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So I found this little article while looking at the New York Times and I thought it would be a change of pace from the religous arguements. Apparently the Japanese government went to visit its oldest citizen as a kind of celebration that their nation has some of the longest longevity in the world when they find out he was dead for over 30 years! Apparently this has been happening so that his daughter would keep getting his welfare checks. Turns out when the government starts looking that many of their 100+ citizens are missing. Hmm so what do you people think? Fraud, sloppy records, or simply the families lost touch with thier relative?

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Avorne
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Meh, I read the article ages ago and on a different site - he was practically mummified in his bed wasn't he?

When you love in a country with a life expectancy like Japan's I guess it gets hard to track your old people.

CommanderDude7
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Well the thing is I guess the life expactancy isn't as big as everyone belives. Unless you count the mummies.

Avorne
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Nope - as a stage 4 country, I can confidently say, Japan's life expectancy is pretty high - not THAT high though.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Stage5.svg/329px-Stage5.svg.png

Here is a demographic transition model. See how the death rate goes down and total population rises? Indirectly, from this, we can make a guess that life expectancy is on the rise and that more people reach very old ages.

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