Japan is the world’s longest-living country today. The average life expectancy is 81.64 years for men and 87.74 years for women, and the number of people over 100 years old (centenarians) is over 86,000 (as of 2021). However, of course, this was not the case in Japan 100 years ago. Health and long age the country enjoys today is based on the high economic growth after the Showa-era post-war reconstruction, improved dietary habits, and the expansion of the universal health care system. Although the country experienced the collapse of the bubble economy in the early Heisei period, the Japanese society has matured in a seemingly peaceful and prosperous manner up to the present day. However, the shadow of aging lurks over the whole society.
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