Number of centenarians in Japan top 100,000 for first time
After publishing: 1 headline quietly rewritten1 change
- straitstimes.comseen 23 Sept, 05:02headline rewritten
Japan’s elderly population makes up record 29%, highest among other nationsJapan’s elderly makes up record 29%, highest among nations with populations over 40 million
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Tue, 15 September 2026
8 reports- Japan Times04:47first to report
The number of centenarians in Japan reached 107,677 this year, up 7,914 from last year. Nearly all of them — 94,298 — were women.
- RMF24 (Poland)07:55
W tym kraju żyje ponad 100 tys. stulatków. Minister zdrowia wskazuje kluczowy czynnik
- Anadolu Agency (AA)10:05
Number of people aged 100 or older reaches record 107,677, rising for 56th straight year
- Der Spiegel (Germany)10:38
Die Zahl der alten Menschen in Japan steigt, nun ist eine neue Rekordmarke erreicht. Ein langes Leben ist Männern und Frauen dabei nicht gleichermaßen vergönnt.
- Index.hr (Croatia)11:31
BROJ stogodišnjaka u Japanu prvi je put premašio 100 tisuća.
- tportal (Croatia)11:56
Broj stogodišnjaka u Japanu prvi je put premašio 100.000, objavilo je u utorak ministarstvo zdravstva
1 reprint
- N1 Info (Croatia)15 Sept, 12:16their copy
- 24sata (Croatia)12:53
Broj stogodišnjaka u Japanu dosegao je povijesni maksimum, a ministar zdravstva ističe kako je to rezultat napretka medicinske tehnologije i aktivnog stila života. Unatoč tom rekordnom broju, zemlja se suočava s izazovima zbog smanjenja ukupnog stanovništva.
- BBC News World13:43
Figures show 88% of the centenarians are women as the population continues to age and shrink.
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- ANSA (Italy)17 Sept, 14:41their copy
Wed, 16 September 2026
1 report- NYT World10:12
Tetsuo Sato is one of 100,000 Japanese who are now over 100 years old. He plans on celebrating his 107th birthday at a hot springs hotel.
Thu, 17 September 2026
1 report- Google News - Top Stories18:56
This country has over 100,000 people age 100 or older for first time USA Today Japan Reaches a Unique Milestone, With More Than 100,000 People Aged 100 or Over The New York Times For the first time, Japan has more than 100,000 centenarians CNN Japan just hit a new longevity milestone scientificamerican.com Japan has a problematic age gap: 100,000-plus residents are over 100 and the pension system is buckling Fortune
Sat, 19 September 2026
1 report- Al Jazeera English04:31
Fewer births and worsening labour shortages are placing mounting pressure on Japan’s social care system.
Sun, 20 September 2026
2 reports- rafu.com15:00
By JUDD MATSUNAGA, ESQ. A hundred years ago, reaching 100 years old would be considered a miracle. Not anymore. According to the Pew Research Center’s January 2024 analysis of Census Bureau projections, the U.S. centenarian population is projected to more than quadruple over the next 30 years, i.e., from approximately 101,000 in 2024 to approximately […]
- straitstimes.com23:50edited after publishing
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Japan’s elderly population makes up record 29%, highest among other nationsJapan’s elderly population reached a record 29.6%, the highest among nations over 40 million, with projections rising to 36.3% by 2045. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Mon, 21 September 2026
1 report- Japan Times05:18
About 36.24 million people — 29.6% of the country's population — are 65 and older, up 20,000 from a year earlier, government data shows.
Thu, 1 October 2026
1 report- staradvertiser.com10:05
There are now more than 100,000 centenarians in Japan, a record for a country famous for its longevity.
Sat, 10 October 2026
1 report- Nacional (Croatia)14:44
Japanci imaju najduži životni vijek – 82,5 godina i imaju najviše stogodišnjaka na svijetu. Ovi podaci privukli su pozornost stručnjaka koji pokušavaju otkriti u čemu je tajna njihove dugovječnosti, posebno Naomi Moriyu, autoricu knjige “Japanke ne stare i ne debljaju se” (‘Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother’s Tokyo Kitchen’), prenosi […]
Mon, 12 October 2026
2 reports- South China Morning Post21:30
Last month, Japan’s internal affairs ministry released its yearly data ahead of Respect for the Aged Day. People aged 65 and over now make up a record 29.6 per cent of the population. But the figure I keep coming back to was this: 9.43 million Japanese workers were 65 or older last year, about 13.8 per cent of everyone with a job. Members of Japan’s older population are not simply retired. A large part are still at work and some of those people are the ones businesses depend on. The...
- newsonjapan.com22:30
The proportion of divorces involving couples married for at least 20 years has reached a record high in Japan, driven by greater financial independence among women and longer life expectancy, with women initiating an estimated 70% to 80% of late-life separations.
Fri, 16 October 2026
1 report- ibtimes.com15:09
Clinic and dental practice failures rise as succession problems intensify, putting the annual total on course to exceed the 2025 record.
Thu, 22 October 2026
1 report- thepeninsulaqatar.com11:12
Nanmoku, Japan: In a misty mountain village in Japan, residents recently welcomed unlikely guests from a Peruvian district along the Amazon River, see...
Wed, 4 November 2026
1 report- Anadolu Agency (AA)07:39
Births increase 0.4% in first half of 2026, while fertility rate remains at record low of 1.14
Thu, 5 November 2026
1 report- Japan Times02:24
This is the first increase in the first half in 11 years, with the capital's 4.7% jump in births being the highest among all prefectures.