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Re:Tokyo's 'oldest man' had been dead for 30 years (2010) by francisofascii on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:10AM (#38952355)
Are you saying Japan is lacking accurate birth/death tracking?
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Re:Tokyo's 'oldest man' had been dead for 30 years (2010) by cwmma on Thursday January 11, 2024 @11:05AM (#38954058)
Okinawa specifically is one of the poorer areas of Japan especially for the elderly and had all of its vital records destroyed in WW2. It's also allegedly a "blue zone" where people live especially long.
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Re:Tokyo's 'oldest man' had been dead for 30 years (2010) by scotty79 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:53AM (#38952925)
As evidenced by the case mentioned in the article.
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Re:Tokyo's 'oldest man' had been dead for 30 years (2010) by hmry on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:34PM (#38957630)
Today probably not, but was Japan lacking accurate birth tracking 80-120 years ago? It doesn't seem that unlikely at least
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Re:Tokyo's 'oldest man' had been dead for 30 years (2010) by Rebelgecko on Friday January 12, 2024 @03:28AM (#38965525)
Yes, the country is someone notorious for having a disproportionate number of AWOL supercentenarians
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