> Japan is such a high trust society I would be shocked if this is the reason
Trust works both ways. There's also the trust that nobody will report anyone for the fraud, especially if it is widespread and normalized.
However, it would not surprise me if Japan actually did have high life expectancy rates because several other statistics seem to correlate with that, including low obesity, and universal access to healthcare.
I don't remember the source, but worldwide, most really old people have a couple things in common. First is that they live in countries with some kind of pension plan. Second, they generally come from poor neighborhoods where all the people around them statistically have lower lifespans.
Possible, but also Japan is such a high trust society I would be shocked if this is the reason
> Japan is such a high trust society I would be shocked if this is the reason
Trust works both ways. There's also the trust that nobody will report anyone for the fraud, especially if it is widespread and normalized.
However, it would not surprise me if Japan actually did have high life expectancy rates because several other statistics seem to correlate with that, including low obesity, and universal access to healthcare.
I don't remember the source, but worldwide, most really old people have a couple things in common. First is that they live in countries with some kind of pension plan. Second, they generally come from poor neighborhoods where all the people around them statistically have lower lifespans.
The logical conclusion is fraud.
I don't think defrauding the government is all that related to what is typically meant by high/low trust societies.
It was already seen over a decade ago: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-11258071
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogen_Kato#Aftermath
I mean, clearly not all centarians in Japan are actually dead. But I think it's fairly straightforward that the numbers of super-elderly are inflated.
Dude. All humans poop.
But not in the streets.
If Japan is such a high trust society, why do they have separate train compartments for women?
And plenty of posters in the train stations telling you not to take pictures under women's skirts.
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nah, we can use the US as a benchmark for the expected rate of >100yr old people . It's not all fraud.