Japan’s centenarian population hit a new record of over 99,000. Data released by the government today showed persons aged 100 or above rose for the 55th straight year to a record 99,763, an increase of 4,644 from the previous year.
Women accounted for about 88 per cent of those aged 100 or older, at 87,784, while the number of male centenarians stood at 11,979, according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The data release comes as Japan marks Respect for the Aged Day holiday next week. The average life expectancy of Japanese people was 87.13 for women and 81.09 for men in 2024.
The Japanese government started the centenarian survey in 1963, when the number stood at 153. The figure surpassed 1,000 in 1981 and 10,000 in 1998.
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