For the 25th consecutive year statistics published by the Japanese government showed that women there had a longer life expectancy than any others on the planet.
…This number is very suspect. The fact of the matter is that the Japanese government has no idea who is alive or dead. The citizens registry system is very complex and most people don’t understand it. The are two main parts, the residence registration and the family records system. In some cases these records are held at the same office, in many cases they are not.For example, if someone was born in rural Shikoku and moved to Tokyo their residence registration would be in Tokyo, but their family record would still be in their ‘hometown’ in countryside. When a person dies, the family has to report the death to both offices. However, it often happens that the family only reports the death to the city where the deceased resided thinking that is all they needed to do. Continuing our example, the deceased would be no longer listed as a resident of Tokyo, but back in Shikoku they would still be listed as alive.The city governments are following up with people listed as being over 100, but a Japanese professor (I…
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Japan Women Longest Lived
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