BBC News
Several weeks ago, the city of Tokyo decided to honor the oldest-living man in the city on his birthday only to discover that he had been dead for 30-years. They then decided to look for the oldest-living woman in Tokyo, only to find she had gone missing years earlier.
This has led to a massive investigation throughout Japan to to determine the whereabouts of the over 40,000 centenarians in the country. As of August 20th (after the article above was written) 281 turned out to be dead or missing. In many cases it appears that their families do not report the deaths in order to continue collecting pension payments.
I happened to come across the first article about the missing old man three weeks ago, so it's fascinating to me to see how this whole situation has unfolded.
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