Japan Now Has Over 100,000 People Aged 100 or Older for the First Time
Japan has reached a rather extraordinary longevity milestone, as the number of people living in the country who are at least 100 years old has surpassed 100,000 for the first time — and nearly nine out of every ten of them are women.
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