Scandal in Japan: dozens of "long-lived" have long been dead
It all started with the fact that Japanese officials decided to visit the oldest resident of Tokyo, 111-year-old Sōgenō Katō. But when they came to his house, the road was blocked by his 81-year-old daughter, who sharply refused to let them go, arguing that "Papa is tired."
When they entered the room, it turned out that the grandfather actually died in 1978, and entrepreneurial relatives simply left his body in the room, receiving his retirement for years. The officers found only his mummy.
After this, a large-scale inspection began across the country, and the country undercounted dozens of its alleged "long-lived". According to Japanese sociologists, the system is all to blame, which is already too trusting to its citizens. After all, in order for a pensioner to register in the document, it is enough for him to simply attach to the paper "Incan" - a stamp with his name. Your family can easily do it too.
Now Japan officially has more than 41,000 inhabitants, whose age has exceeded 100 years. How many of them are still alive, the test will find out.