More than 95,000 Japanese aged over 100, most of them women
17th September 2024
The figures further highlight the slow-burning demographic crisis gripping the world's fourth-biggest economy as its population ages and shrinks.
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A handout photo taken on May 23, 2024 by the Ashiya City government shows Tomiko Itook, ebelieved to be the world's oldest living person, celebrating her 116th birthday © Handout / Courtesy of Ashiya City/AFP/File
