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Isn't the average lifespan in Japan longer than just about any other country? And don't they eat lots of rice? I guess I wonder how much of a problem this reall
by jqm 11y ago
Isn't the average lifespan in Japan longer than just about any other country? And don't they eat lots of rice? I guess I wonder how much of a problem this really is.
- mikekchar 11y agoI don't have official numbers, but this is very likely not the case. Japan used to have reports of lots of people with incredibly long lifespans. A few years ago there was a huge uproar when it was discovered that many of these cases were just pension fraud. The families had a deal with the doctor not to report the death so that they could continue to receive pension payments. A quick Google search didn't yield much in the way of results, but I remember it being in all the news in Japan about 3 or 4 years ago.
- ectoplasm 11y agoI find this kind of fraud amusing for some reason, so thanks for sharing. However, even if there are many cases it can still work out to only a tiny fraction. Around 1.2 million people die per year in Japan, yet I would call 1000 cases of fraud per year "many".