This whole line of argument makes no sense. Why wouldn&#x27;t every country overreport old people or underreport deaths, as the case may be? Just about every country has an incentive for pension fraud.<p>So...why Japan?<p>Incidentally, old people are in visibly high numbers here in Japan. I joke sometimes that it&#x27;s like living in a zombie movie——it&#x27;s not uncommon to be completely surrounded by only elderly people shuffling to and fro.