Bugün öğrendim ki: Mumyalanmış cesedi yatak odasında bulunana kadar 111 yaşında Tokyo'da yaşayan en yaşlı adam olduğuna inanılan Sogen Kato'nun hikayesi. 79 yaşında öldü ve ailesi bunu asla yetkililere bildirmedi.

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False Japanese longegevity claim **Sogen Kato** (加藤 宗現, _Katō Sōgen_ , 22 July 1899 – c. November 1978) was a Japanese man thought to have been Tokyo's [oldest man](/wiki/Oldest_people "Oldest people") until July 2010, when his [mummified corpse](/wiki/Mummified_corpse "Mummified corpse") was found in his bedroom. It was concluded he had likely died in November 1978, aged 79, and his family had never announced his death. Relatives had rebuffed attempts by ward officials to see Kato in preparations for [Respect for the Aged Day](/wiki/Respect_for_the_Aged_Day "Respect for the Aged Day") later that year, citing many reasons from him being a ["human vegetable"] (/wiki/Vegetative_state "Vegetative state") to becoming a [Sokushinbutsu](/wiki/Sokushinbutsu "Sokushinbutsu"). The cause of death was not determined due to the state of Kato's body.[ _[citation needed](/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")_ ] The discovery of Kato's remains sparked a search for other missing centenarians lost due to poor record keeping by officials. A study following the discovery of Kato's remains found that police did not know if 234,354 people over the age of one hundred were still alive. Poor record keeping was to blame for many of the cases, officials admitted. One of Kato's relatives was found guilty of fraud; his relatives claimed [¥](/wiki/Yen "Yen")9,500,000 (US$117,939; [£](/wiki/GBP "GBP")72,030) of pension meant for Kato.