Japan sets new record with nearly 100,000 people aged over 100 (www.bbc.com)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to world@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 03:04
https://lemmy.nz/post/28095655

The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has risen to a record high of nearly 100,000, its government has announced.

Setting a new record for the 55th year in a row, the number of centenarians in Japan was 99,763 as of September, the health ministry said on Friday. Of that total, women accounted for an overwhelming 88%.

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minorkeys@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 03:06 next collapse

They set the record for fewest babies per capita yet too?

whiwake@lemmy.cafe on 13 Sep 03:38 next collapse

Every year

sidelove@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 03:50 collapse

Gotta get those 100-year-olds fucking

whiwake@lemmy.cafe on 13 Sep 04:09 next collapse

It would just be pixelated

MonsterMonster@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 08:52 next collapse

Damn you. I need to get my brain bleached now!

icelimit@lemmy.ml on 13 Sep 18:40 collapse

The kids are going to slide right out

oce@jlai.lu on 13 Sep 04:43 collapse

They lost 900,000 people last year due to low natality.

Gee209@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 03:09 next collapse

That’s pretty amazing!

AntiBullyRanger@ani.social on 13 Sep 03:51 collapse

Yeah, fraud is pretty great🤣

pipe01@programming.dev on 13 Sep 09:20 next collapse

AFAICT the article says there’s only one blue zone in Japan and doesn’t say that the rest of people over 100 in Japan are also fraudulent

Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Sep 10:24 collapse

From a other article:

Several prominent blue zone researchers wrote a rebuttal earlier this year, calling Newman’s work “ethically and academically irresponsible”.

Not going to call sides, but seem this research is controversial within the science community.

AntiBullyRanger@ani.social on 13 Sep 10:42 next collapse

You know what’s even great about science?

spoiler

Peer review, replication, and scrutiny.
🫡✌️

iAvicenna@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 12:30 collapse

It can be crazy how some scientists react when their ideas/methodologies are challenged.

T156@lemmy.world on 14 Sep 03:33 collapse

People are just like that in academic spaces.

Just rock up to any Edgar Allan Poe discussion forum and ask about the Orangutan.

AntiBullyRanger@ani.social on 13 Sep 03:50 next collapse

Japanese here. It’s Fraud.

ook@discuss.tchncs.de on 13 Sep 04:12 next collapse

Thanks for posting this! It’s really interesting research more people should be aware of.

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works on 13 Sep 04:23 next collapse

Thanks, friend! Any chance you you lend your wisdom to this inquiry I posted a couple of days ago?

AntiBullyRanger@ani.social on 13 Sep 04:31 collapse

Pretty sure I left an upvote to that, yes. Parties name themselves differently than their praxis, and Japan is a fascist nation. So the LDP’s moderation is in the sense that it doesn’t go as extremely far far far right as日本第一党.

If it’s too complicated for you, Snow Leopards🐆 are still leopards. Wearing sheep🐑 brands doesn’t make them any less lethal.

FauxPseudo@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 06:08 next collapse

Came here to say this I know in my heart that it had already been said

AntiBullyRanger@ani.social on 13 Sep 06:17 collapse

last year iirc, like on the dot.
Guess BBC likes to celebrate their Japanese trustfraud funds, for when UK dips📉💹.

idiomaddict@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 07:55 next collapse

I love this guy. From a different interview with him:

The part of this I am fine with is these poor regions are getting tourist money.”

He’s also quick to add that he has nothing against the super-centenarians – as people who are 110 or older are known – themselves.

“I think they’re the best part of this! They’re having a grand old time. What have you got to lose if you’re 96 and you can pretend you’re 119 and the whole world just goes along with it? What are they going to do – put you in jail?

…

“If someone’s selling you something to get the power of longevity, ignore them,” he concludes.

We already know what to do to increase our chances of a long, healthy life, anyway: “Don’t smoke or do drugs. Don’t drink. Do some exercise. That’s all you need to do. Maybe see your GP once a year.”

“There’s no other secret. I think everyone knows that deep down. The blueberry is not going to save you.”

Well said.

RattlerSix@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 13:29 collapse

I came here to say this too. I find it to be hilarious

1984@lemmy.today on 13 Sep 07:49 next collapse

Must be the healthy food. They work all the time and drink alcohol aswell.

I saw some documentary about students and they have actual healthy food every day. Its not like in America.

CitizenKong@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 08:18 next collapse

I have been to Japan last year and one of the first things I noticed is that even in Tokio, one of the most densely populated places on the planet, there aren’t that many cars on the streets considering the amount of people. Most people walk and use public transport (which is absolutely amazing, relatively cheap but punctual like a clockwork).

I wouldn’t be surprised if that is a huge factor together with the healthy, fish-and-rice heavy food. I haven’t seen a single overweight Japanese person on my visit.

1984@lemmy.today on 13 Sep 11:23 collapse

Yeah thats true also. Also they have higher average iq than the rest of the world.

ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca on 13 Sep 12:35 next collapse

Whenever I see anything from Japan it looks decidedly unhealthy - high salt.

1984@lemmy.today on 13 Sep 13:35 collapse

Maybe they import unhealthy food into your country because its popular there. Usually the food chains knows whats selling and are keeping those products.

ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca on 13 Sep 18:06 collapse

I mean things in Japan. Soups in China are also hard to eat at first because of all the salt in them.

1984@lemmy.today on 13 Sep 18:36 collapse

Didnt know that. Maybe thats the secret to long life… :)

TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Sep 13:43 collapse

reverence for aging

Surp@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 12:49 next collapse

Even if true it’s unsustainable if people are going to say it’s an all fish diet. Oceans are cooked already because of us.

Patches@ttrpg.network on 13 Sep 13:18 collapse

Remember when we thought it was Olive oil and salads? Or when it was…

Turned out it was universal healthcare?

bstix@feddit.dk on 13 Sep 13:27 next collapse

The key is: Not fucking dying.

TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Sep 13:44 collapse

olive oil is still part of a heart healthy diet. that hasn’t changed. you think the answer is gonna be exactly one magic potion?

ayyy@sh.itjust.works on 13 Sep 18:35 collapse

Yes. Universal healthcare is highly correlated with life expectancy even when controlling for a shitload of other variables. This is like the host studied thing on the planet and the science is not controversial.

Obi@sopuli.xyz on 13 Sep 20:08 collapse

I only know of one country worth talking about without universal healthcare, so the rest of us can and should discuss other aspects of this question.

Patches@ttrpg.network on 14 Sep 02:40 collapse

We will not find the solution to eternal youth in a Lemmy Shitpost.

HugeNerd@lemmy.ca on 13 Sep 20:16 next collapse

So what? Being 100 is no pic-nic. Get back to me when we can figure out anti-aging and give me my 25 year old configuration back.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca on 13 Sep 20:17 next collapse

Per capita or GTFO

Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone on 14 Sep 02:55 next collapse

10,000,000 years damn

Duamerthrax@lemmy.world on 14 Sep 03:17 collapse

Verified in person?