of the 540,000 people who graduated in march this year, about 330,000, ovnly 61%, found jobs. that's the largest drop since the government began collecting data more than 60 years ago. this year's rate is nearly 20 points lower than in 1991, the peak employment year of the past two decades. more cases of missing centenarians are coming to light across japan. officials are visiting the registered addresses of the country's oldest people to carry out check after tokyo's oldest man was found died and the oldest woman was missing. the latest cases include a 100-year-old man in northern japan whose registered address is now a parking lot. officials in western japan discovered that a 101-year-old woman has been missing since she left home around 1960. a 103-year-old man in western japan is also missing. nhk has learned that as of thursday municipalities are unable to locate at least 17 centenarians. the cases of missing elderly people raise doubts about japan's image about the world leader for longevity. at the end of the july before the problem came to life, the health and welfare