Missing centenarians cause angst in aging Japan

Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 12:56 in Mathematics & Economics

(AP) -- Japan prides itself on the world's longest life expectancy but is struggling with a disturbing footnote to that statistic - revelations that hundreds of people listed as its oldest citizens are either long dead or haven't been heard from for decades.

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