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September 17, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has hit a record high of more than 95,000, almost 90 per cent of them women, government data showed Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The figures further highlight the slow-burning demographic crisis gripping the world’s fourth-biggest economy as its population ages and shrinks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As of September 1, Japan had 95,119 centenarians, up 2,980 year-on-year, with 83,958 of them women and 11,161 men, the health ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On Sunday separate government data showed that the number of over-65s has hit a record high of 36.25 million, accounting for 29.3 percent of Japan’s population.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The proportion puts Japan at the top of a list of 200 countries and regions with a population of over 100,000 people, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said.<\/p>\n

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Japan is currently home to the world’s oldest living person Tomiko Itooka, who was born on May 23, 1908 and is 116 years old, according to the US-based Gerontology Research Group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The previous record-holder, Maria Branyas Morera, died last month in Spain at the age of 117.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Itooka lives in a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture in western Japan, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She often says “thank you” to the nursing home staff and expresses nostalgia about her hometown, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I have no idea at all about what’s the secret of my long life,” Japan’s oldest man, Kiyotaka Mizuno, who is 110, told local media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mizuno, who lives in Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture in central Japan with his family, gets up at 6:30 am every morning and eats three meals a day — without being picky about his food.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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His hobby is listening to live sports, including sumo wrestling, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Japan is facing a steadily worsening population crisis, as its expanding elderly population leads to soaring medical and welfare costs, with a shrinking labour force to pay for it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The country’s overall population is 124 million, after declining by 595,000 in the previous, \u00a0according to previous government data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The government has attempted to slow the decline and ageing of its population without meaningful success, while gradually extending the retirement age — with 65 becoming the rule for all employers from fiscal 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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