Ancient Japanese vanishing, authorities baffled:

[Kyreth]

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=106&sid=2017948 (bold mine)

TOKYO (AP) - A 113-year-old woman listed as Tokyo's oldest person is missing, officials said Tuesday, days after the city's oldest listed man was found dead and mummified.

[lamp]

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[Neosutra]

Wait, really old people are dying? Stop the presses.

[Mytiwar]

In the earlier case, police are investigating the family of Sogen Kato on suspicion of abandonment and swindling his pension money. Once listed as being 111 years old, he is now believed to have died 32 years ago, about the time his family said he retreated to his bedroom, wanting to be a living Buddha.

Props for getting a scam going for 32 damn years.

[6souls]

well they were "scared off" by family every time they came to check on him and finally after 32 years they grew the balls to bust down the door to find out the truth.

[OWS_Tonx]

Wait, really old people are dying? Stop the presses.

That's what I'm sayin'.

[Maliciousmisery]

Family obviously didn't care because they were still getting his pension.

[dudeguy]

Clearly they are ninja's, only the Japanese from ancient times would know their secret ways of vanishing when the time came.

Case closed.

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[Uzor]

Clearly they are ninja's, only the Japanese from ancient times would know their secret ways of vanishing when the time came.

Case closed.

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Lies, I used to throw flour too and suddenly vanish on camera through my awesome trick filming when I was a kid.

[dudeguy]

Lies, I used to throw flour too and suddenly vanish on camera through my awesome trick filming when I was a kid.

You aren't a 100 year old Japanese citizen though are you?

Clearly the person in the picture isn't one either

[Rhyis.]

This is some kind of reverse 10 plagues of Egypt.

Eternal sunshine is coming next.

[Heavencloud]

$10 they've all been dead for years. Or there's a serial killer that's got something out for oldies.

[Siniroth]

Or there's a serial killer that's got something out for oldies.

This would be amazing, if he specialized in killing them with their own medicine. NO ONE WOULD EVER KNOW

[Izzy]

Wait, really old people are dying? Stop the presses.

Shut.

Down.

Everything.