Talk:Sogen Kato

Year of death
It is specified, "Death in 1978" because the date in the newspaper in the room is 1978 according to Asahi Shimbun. "Sogen Kato"Asahi Shimbun--Ronald S Kodera (talk) 06:01, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Evidence of existence before a few days ago?
Just being sceptical here of a possible "Onion"-like hoax. Is there any evidence of Sogen Kato's existence earlier than news stories of the past few days (July 2010)? Especially since he isn't on Wikipedia's list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_living_supercentenarians 174.0.234.105 (talk) 22:45, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia's list won't necessarily be complete. For this to be a hoax of a hoax, the Tokyo officials would have to be involved. Possible, but I don't think us speculating about it will help. Fences  &amp;  Windows  12:51, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * still, I'd like to see some evidence of the person's existence BEFORE this story broke 174.0.234.105 (talk) 14:18, 8 August 2010 (UTC)