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The number of people aged over 100 in Japan has exceeded 100,000 for the first time in the country’s history.
Operative Information Center-OMM reports, citing foreign media outlets.
The Japanese government has released new statistical data on the country’s population structure.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the number of people aged over 100 has increased for 56 consecutive years.
As of September, Japan had 107,677 people aged over 100. This marked the first time the number of people living beyond a century had surpassed the 100,000 threshold in Japan.
The figure rose by 7,914 from the previous year. Of those aged over 100, 94,298 are women and 13,379 are men.
Japan’s oldest woman is 114-year-old Fuyo Kishimoto, while its oldest man is 112-year-old Hikaru Kato.
Japan began compiling statistics on people aged over 100 in 1963.
The number of centenarians first exceeded 1,000 in 1981, 10,000 in 1998 and 50,000 in 2012.
According to the data, average life expectancy in Japan is 87.3 years for women and 81.3 years for men.
Japan is widely recognized as one of the world’s longest-living societies. The country’s aging population has made longevity, healthcare and social welfare key issues for public policy and demographic planning.
