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Tokyo's oldest person reported missing
Aug 3, 2010, 6:18 GMT
Tokyo - Officials have been unable to locate a 113-year-old woman listed as Tokyo's oldest person, news reports said Tuesday.
Local public officials tried to visit Fusa Furuya, born July 1897, at her apartment Friday, but were unable to determine her whereabouts, Kyodo News said.
They were met by Furuya's 79-year-old daughter, who was registered at that address along with her mother. She said the last time the two had spoken was around 1986, Jiji Press News reported.
The daughter said she thought Furuya was living with her brother in Chiba near Tokyo.
The incident came after the body of Tokyo's supposedly oldest man was discovered at his residence last week, Kyodo News reported. The mummified body was believed to be of Sogen Kato, born 111 years ago, who appeared to have been dead for around three decades.
Authorities are trying to reach Furuya's son and other relatives, but have not confirmed the 113-year-old's whereabouts, Kyodo News reported.
Japan's oldest recorded resident is Chiyono Hasegawa, who was born November 20, 1896. She lives in Saga, Kyushu, on Japan's southern island.
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