…some families may have tried to hide the deaths of elderly relatives in order to claim their pensions.
IIRC NHK (via maybe Japanology?) did a piece on this a few years ago, and the number of centenarians whose death had been hidden to keep their benefits flowing was staggering.
Though I think they chose the low hanging fruit: those aged 110 (or 120?) and higher.
The final paragraph:
IIRC NHK (via maybe Japanology?) did a piece on this a few years ago, and the number of centenarians whose death had been hidden to keep their benefits flowing was staggering.
Though I think they chose the low hanging fruit: those aged 110 (or 120?) and higher.