Osaka leads Japan in another embarrassing statistic. It is checking its records, which it found list 5,125 residents which are indicated to be age 120 or older. One man would be 152 if still alive. See the Bloomberg article. Cities and towns throughout Japan are all reviewing their files after the revelation of a ...
I suppose that the answer largely depends on your reaction to the government’s making decisions for you. Perhaps it is a societal matter. In Japan, people often seem to expect guidance from authority figures. They may also assume that “forced inheritance” rules, which allow close family members to insist on fixed shares, mean that there ...
The estate tax lapse for the year 2010 has already helped the heirs of several famous and very wealthy persons who, if they had survived until next year, would have left far less. TV personality Art Linkletter, actor Dennis Hopper, Taco Bell founder Glen Bell, author Louis Auchincloss, real estate developer Walter Shorenstein, pipeline developer ...
Japan’s first case under the revised Organ Transplant Law took place this month with organs from a man, left brain-dead in a traffic accident in Kanto-Koshinetsu, whose family gave sole consent without prior written approval from the man. Before the new law, transplants required a written instruction from the donor. After some debate, it appears ...
And that does not include those whose deaths have been confirmed or all the “missing” who are under the age of 100. It suggests that the koseki or family register system in Japan, used for various government records purposes including payment of pensions, is hopelessly disorganized. See the latest Daily Yomiuri report here Indeed, one ...
The mummified corpse of a man, allegedly 111 years old, was found recently in Tokyo. Family members claim that he locked himself in a room 30 years ago and never came out. Police suspect that relatives were receiving his pension illegally during that time. See news report here Then another centenarian, one registered as the ...
Twelve pediatric hospitals, 40 percent of those designated by Japan’s Ministry of Health. Labor and Welfare to provide organs from donors under age 15, are unable to decide when brain death occurs or to handle bodies to preserve organs properly. See news report here The revised Organ Transplant Law went into effect on July ...
From January 2010, the Japan Organ Transplant Law has been revised, with somewhat mixed effect, to permit donors to give priority to their relatives in receiving donated organs. The new law also abolishes the prior minimum age of 15 for donors, so organs from children may now be used. Also, while the prior law requires ...
The legal guardianship system in Japan for adults troubled with extreme old age, dementia or handicaps in now in its tenth year, but there still seems to be an imperfect understanding of the role that guardians should play; that is, to safeguard the interests and assets of the persons receiving care. In many cases, ...
No doubt you have heard the saying about the shoemaker's children going without shoes. It means that a professional can be so focused on his work that he does not provide for the needs of his family. This year, and indeed this month, I resolve to do everything necessary to furnish my own children with health ...