Maybe, maybe not. The top cause of death in Japan is Amyloidosis: http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ja-japan/mor-mortality http://www.nationmaster.com/count

Maybe, maybe not. The top cause of death in Japan is Amyloidosis: http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ja-japan/mor-mortality http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ja-japan/mor-mortality Amyloidosis, in case you're wondering, is a protein disorder most commonly found in super-centarians (people 110 years old or older): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyloidosis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyloidosis So not only are the welfare fraudsters great at hacking the social support system without getting caught, they're also really knowledgeable about arcane disease patterns in super-centarians, just to give their lie that extra ring of truth once they decide to finally leave the dole. And... somehow... they're conning medical professionals into reporting this as a cause of death for mummified elders. While a large number on the face of it, I'm not even convinced 230,000 missing elderly is statistically significant given the size of the population. [1] I usually give articles a stronger benefit of the doubt, but this is from the site that's arguing that lung cancer isn't really related to smoking, and questionable claims about the causes of autism.[2] Now I'm wondering, is the blog's title an easter egg? Is the whole point to just take some crazy proposition and see how many people will buy it? Is this entire blog just trolling the internet? [1] EDIT: Someone ran the numbers, thanks icegreentea http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5326622 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5326622 [2] Hacker News discussions raised interesting counterpoints, questioning large gaps reasoning in previous pieces: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5196579 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5196579 Perhaps the best comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5196734 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5196734 "It appears you've made some sort of resolution to publish and promote a blog entry per day in 2013. 40 entries in 41 days this year vs. 46 in all of 2012. You should reconsider - whatever your reasons were, I doubt they included a desire to develop a reputation for presenting topics that were sensationalized and thinly researched produced with a pace that ensures discredited theories dont get reviewed."