‘Missing’ centenarians spark fraud probe

NEARLY 200 Japanese centenarians are missing, officials said yesterday, with the total likely to rise amid a nationwide search after the discovery of the 30-year-old corpse of a man registered as aged 111.

In the western city of Kobe alone, the whereabouts of 105 out of 847 centenarians were unknown as of the end of July, a city official said.

“The city launched an investigation on the condition of the 105 people,” the Kobe city official said.