More than 100,000 people in Japan are now 100 years of age or older

20 days ago by time2lose to c/interestingasfuck

Figures show 88% of the centenarians are women as the population continues to age and shrink.

AllNewTypeFace 15 points 20 days ago

At least in official documentation. A lot of areas in Japan with large numbers of unusually old people also have an equivalent deficit of people a decade or two younger, and had birth records lost in WW2 bombing, suggesting that what’s happening is people taking advantage of this to claim their pensions early.

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zikzak025 5 points 20 days ago

Or having deaths that aren't officially reported, so the families continue collecting those pensions.

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the_q 3 points 20 days ago

And they don't have a protein fueled gym bro culture...

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ianhclark510 1 point 20 days ago

Don’t give Japanese elders any idea, the last thing we need is an army of 100,000 lunkheads with nothing to lose roving the countryside

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rf_ 3 points 20 days ago

I wonder how many of them are pension fraud?

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Brewchin 2 points 20 days 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.

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SentientNPC 1 point 20 days ago

That's a lot of years in aggregate

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