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Life expectancy in Japan sees first decline in 10 years amid pandemic

National / Science & Health Jul 30, 2022

Life expectancy in Japan sees first decline in 10 years amid pandemic

The average life span for women was 87.57 years, down by 0.14 year, while that of men shrank 0.09 year to 81.47 years.

Life expectancy falling in Okinawa, especially for men

National May 24, 2022

Life expectancy falling in Okinawa, especially for men

Okinawa had the longest average life expectancy among Japan's 47 prefectures in 1980 for men and women, but both have slipped down the rankings.

In polluted city above Russian Arctic Circle, prisoners of Putin's pension reform

World / Social Issues Sep 26, 2018

In polluted city above Russian Arctic Circle, prisoners of Putin's pension reform

Russian railway worker Andrey Bugera had a singular goal: get to pension age so he can leave the polluted, frigid coal mining town above the Arctic Circle where he works and move south to live out even a brief bit of retirement in comfort. But ...

Japan trails Hong Kong in latest life expectancy rankings

National Jul 21, 2018

Japan trails Hong Kong in latest life expectancy rankings

Japan’s women held onto their second-place ranking but the men slipped to third.

Ministry survey on average life expectancies ranks Shiga top for men and Nagano best for women

National Dec 13, 2017

Ministry survey on average life expectancies ranks Shiga top for men and Nagano best for women

The average life expectancy in 2015 for Japanese men was highest in Shiga Prefecture, at 81.78 years, a health ministry survey showed Wednesday. The average life expectancy for women was highest in Nagano Prefecture, at 87.67 years, according to the survey, which has been conducted ...

Japan climbs to second in world life expectancy thanks to medical advances, suicide prevention steps

National Jul 28, 2017

Japan climbs to second in world life expectancy thanks to medical advances, suicide prevention steps

Japanese men and women ranked second in the world in average life expectancy in 2016 after setting new longevity records for a fifth year straight, according to the welfare ministry data. According to the data released Thursday by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, Japan's ...

Japan's life expectancy increases by 4.2 years over quarter century

National / Science & Health Jul 20, 2017

Japan's life expectancy increases by 4.2 years over quarter century

by Shusuke Murai

A research study finds that average life expectancy in Japan has increased to 83.2 years from 79.0 years during the quarter-century period, but the gap between prefectures has widened.

Continuing streak, Japan leads world in life expectancy, WHO report says

National / Science & Health May 17, 2017

Continuing streak, Japan leads world in life expectancy, WHO report says

by Tomoko Otake

People in Japan continue to outlive those in other countries, marking the world's longest average life expectancy of 83.7 years, according to the latest World Health Organization report released Wednesday. The World Health Statistics 2017, covering data from 194 countries, show that the nation's life ...

Aging Japan now has 65,692 centenarians

National Sep 13, 2016

Aging Japan now has 65,692 centenarians

The number of centenarians has risen by 4,124 from a year ago to 65,692 as of September.

Japan at top of 'healthy life expectancy' list, study shows

National / Science & Health Aug 28, 2015

Japan at top of 'healthy life expectancy' list, study shows

In a 2013 study of 188 countries by the British medical journal Lancet, Japan ranked first in “healthy life expectancy.”

Japan's dramatic postwar evolution

National / History | 70 YEARS AFTER THE WAR'S END Aug 17, 2015

Japan's dramatic postwar evolution

by Atsushi Kodera

This is the last report in a five-part series looking at the impact of World War II still being felt in Japanese society. In the 70 years since the end of the war the Japanese people and society have undergone radical changes. The following is a ...

Women in Okinawa have Japan's best recipe for liberty, fertility and longevity

National / Social Issues Jun 24, 2015

Women in Okinawa have Japan's best recipe for liberty, fertility and longevity

by Yoshiaki Nohara

Women in Okinawa have more babies and live longer than women from almost anywhere else in Japan. If data from the statistics bureau and labor ministry are any guide, it has as much to do with work-life balance as the prefecture's sun-drenched beaches and crystal-clear ...

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