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More than 100,000 people in Japan are now 100 years of age or older (www.bbc.com)

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[–] Brewchin@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

The final paragraph:

...some families may have tried to hide the deaths of elderly relatives in order to claim their pensions.

IIRC NHK (via maybe Japanology?) did a piece on this a few years ago, and the number of centenarians whose death had been hidden to keep their benefits flowing was staggering.

Though I think they chose the low hanging fruit: those aged 110 (or 120?) and higher.