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Archive Home > 2010 > August > 15 > Japan, checking on its elderly, finds many gone

Japan, checking on its elderly, finds many gone

By Martin Fackler / The Bulletin
August 15, 2010

TOKYO — Japan has long boasted of having a population with many of the world’s oldest people — testament, many here say, of a society with a superior diet and a commitment to its elderly that is unrivaled in the West.

That was before the police found the body of a man thought to be one of....

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