东京百岁老人失踪 引发生存状况调查
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继上周东京警方发现该市官方记录最长寿的111岁男性公民早在30年前死亡的事件后,本周又有报道称该市113岁的最长寿老人并不在之前登记的住所生活,目前下落不明。这一系列事件引起了日本厚生劳动省的关注,并下令在全国范围内开展老年人口生存状况的调查。

Japan's health minister on Tuesday called for a nationwide check on the whereabouts of elderly residents in response to a media frenzy1(狂暴,狂怒) over several missing centenarians(百岁或逾百岁以上的老人) .

Revelations last week that police had found the mummified remains2 of a man thought to have been Tokyo's oldest resident at 111 but actually dead for 30 years shocked a country facing the challenge of a rapidly aging population.

Local authorities this week said a woman aged3 113, designated(指定的,认定) Tokyo's oldest person, was not in fact living at the apartment where she was registered. That disclosure(披露,揭发) became one of Japan's top news stories, raising questions about living standards of the elderly.

"It is important for authorities to grasp the reality of where and how old people are living," Health Minister Akira Nagatsuma told reporters.

More reports of missing centenarians this week showed that their whereabouts were unknown or their family members were unaware4 of what had happened to them.

The missing elderly people could cast doubt on the exact number of centenarians in Japan, a figure that has been rising for decades.

Officially, Japan has 40,399 people aged 100 or older, including 4,800 in Tokyo, according to an annual health ministry5 report last year marking the Sept. 21 holiday for the elderly.

Health and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma urged officials to find a better way to monitor the elderly.

"Many people have doubts whether the government properly keeps track of senior citizens' whereabouts," he said. "It is important for public offices to check up on them — where and how they are — and follow through all the way."

But local officials say it is hard to keep track(注意动向) because families are often reluctant to receive official visits.

In the case of the mummified man, police are investigating his family members for possible fraud after money was withdrawn6 from the bank account of the deceased(死者) , who had been receiving a pension, according to media reports.



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1 frenzy jQbzs     
n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动
参考例句:
  • He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
  • They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。
2 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
参考例句:
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
3 aged 6zWzdI     
adj.年老的,陈年的
参考例句:
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
4 unaware Pl6w0     
a.不知道的,未意识到的
参考例句:
  • They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
  • I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。
5 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
6 withdrawn eeczDJ     
vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出
参考例句:
  • Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
  • All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。
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