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Are you saying Japan is lacking accurate birth/death tracking?

• scotty79 3y ago
  As evidenced by the case mentioned in the article.
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• cwmma 3y ago
  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.
• hmry 3y ago
  Today probably not, but was Japan lacking accurate birth tracking 80-120 years ago? It doesn't seem that unlikely at least
• Rebelgecko 3y ago
  Yes, the country is someone notorious for having a disproportionate number of AWOL supercentenarians