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Mystery as Tokyo loses track of its centenarians (AP)

August 3rd, 2010

A fence surrounds a site of a demolished apartment where a 113-year-old woman listed as Tokyo's oldest person is said to be living with her second son in Ichikawa near Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Fusa Furuya is missing, officials said Tuesday, days after the city's oldest listed man was found dead and mummified. Furuya, born in July, 1897, does not live at the address where she is registered and her whereabouts are unknown, Tokyo Suginami ward official Hiroshi Sugimoto said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - Japanese authorities admitted Tuesday they’d lost track of a 113-year-old woman listed as Tokyo’s oldest, days after police searched the home of the city’s official oldest man — only to find his long-dead, mummified body.


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