The estimate, released ahead of Respect for the Aged Day on Monday, decreased for the first time in two years.

The tally, which is 4,644 higher than last year, marks the 55th consecutive annual record for the country. While the ...

The estimate, released ahead of Respect for the Aged Day on Monday, a national holiday, decreased for the first time in two ...

The share of Japan's population aged 65 or older reached a record 29.4 per cent, the highest among nations with populations ...

The estimated number of people aged 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, falling by 50,000 from a year ...

The number of Japan’s centenarians rose for the 55th straight year to a record 99,763, an increase of 4,644 from the previous ...

Japan officially announced that the number of people aged 100 or older has risen, marking the 55th consecutive year.The ...

Japan’s centenarian population hit a new record of over 99,000. Data released by the government today showed persons aged 100 ...

The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan has hit a record high of nearly 1,00,000, with almost 90 per cent of them ...

Its oldest person is 114-year-old Shigeko Kagawa in the Nara region near Kyoto. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The number of centenarians in Japan has hit a record high at nearly 100,000 people, the company’s health ministry said on ...