Japan now has more than 86,000 centenarians; 88% of them are women

number of centenarians in Japan has reached a record high of over 86,000, according to country's health and welfare Ministry. government's survey revealed that re are 86,510 people in country who are above 100 years of age or more, which is 6,060 more than a year earlier. According to NHK World, number of centenarians in Japan has increased for 51st year in a row.

According to report, women account for 88% of all centenarians, with Kane Tanaka, 118, being oldest ly who lives in Fukuoka Prefecture. Guinness World Records has recognised her as world's oldest living person. Tanaka was born in same year as Wright brors flew world's first powered aeroplane, in 1903. oldest Japanese man is Mikizo Ueda, a 111-year-old native of Nara Prefecture.

Shimane Prefecture has highest centenarian population density

According to NHK World, Japan's Shimane Prefecture has highest centenarian population density, with 134.75 per 100,000 people. Shimane is followed by Kochi Prefecture, which has a ratio of 126.29 per 100,000 people, and Kagoshima Prefecture, which has a ratio of 118.74 per 100,000 people. Meanwhile, researchers from Stanford University and Buck Institute have developed an inflammatory clock of ageing (iAge), which assesses inflammatory lo and predicts multi-morbidity, frailty, immunological health, cardiovascular ageing, and is also linked to exceptional lifespan in centenarians.

Researchers discovered a modifiable chemokine associated with cardiac ageing using deep learning, a of AI, in studies of blood immunome of 1001 people. This chemokine can be utilised for early diagnosis of age-related pathology and gives a target for rapies. findings were reported in journal Nature Aging.

Japan has highest percentage of centenarians

In 1961, Japanese government initiated a study of centenarians, and only 153 people over age of 100 were detected. According to United Nations, number of centenarians will increase to almost 573,000 this year. With approx 97,000 centenarians, United States has highest absolute number of centenarians in world. According to World Atlas, Japan ranks second with 86,000 people aged 100 or older. With 6 centenarians per 10,000 people or 0.06 per cent of population, Japan has highest percentage of centenarians.

(Inputs from ANI)

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