Over 234,000 centenarians unaccounted for among missing elderly
TOKYO, Sept. 10, Kyodo
A total of 234,354 centenarians are unaccounted for across Japan despite still being registered as alive under the family registry system, the government said Friday based on its nationwide survey on missing elderly.
Of the persons aged 100 and over whose current domicile cannot be found, 77,118 would be 120 years old or older and 884 would be at least 150 years old if they were still alive, the Justice Ministry said.
Among the missing centenarians, there appear to be people whose families did not report their deaths or for whom an adjudication of disappearance was not submitted to local authorities, as they died during wartime and postwar turmoil or after they emigrated, the ministry said.
