Volume 26 - Article 11 | Pages 239–252  

The mystery of Japan's missing centenarians explained

By Yasuhiko Saito, Vanessa Yong, Jean-Marie Robine

References

BBC News Asia Pacific (10 September 2010). More than 230,000 Japanese centenarians 'missing'.

Fukushi, Y. (31 August 2010). Life expectancy statistics debated. Yomiuri Shimbun.

Ministry of Justice, Japan (10 September 2010).

Saito, Y. (2010). Supercentenarians in Japan. In: Maier, H., Gampe, J., Jeune, B., Robine, J.M., and Vaupel, J.W. (eds.). Supercentenarians. Heidelberg, Dordrecht: Springer: 75-99.

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