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Japan police arrest relatives of dead 'centenarian'

Police in Japan have arrested the daughter and granddaughter of a centenarian believed to be Tokyo's oldest man whose mummified remains were found last month.

The pair are suspected of fraudulently receiving the dead man's pension.

Records said he was 111 years old, it is thought he had probably been dead for 30 years....
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