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According to a report from the Japanese health ministry in August, Japanese girls born last year can expect to live until they are 86 years old, which would make them the longest survivors in the world.  Japanese boys born last year will live to 79.2.

Japanese women have topped the world’s longevity ranks for the last 23 years and with Japan’s society aging quicker than any other country, one tenth of the population aged is already 75 years or older.

The number of Japanese living past 100 has more than doubled over the past six years to a record high of 36,000 this year. By the end of this month, there will be 36,276 people aged 100 and older in Japan and 86 percent of them will be female.

The highest concentration of centenarians in Japan is in Okinawa, with 838 centenarians, or 61 for every 100,000 people., while the national average is just over 28 per 100,000.  In comparison, there are about 10 centenarians per 100,000 people in the United States.

The number of centenarians in Japan has been increasing for nearly 40 years and is expected to reach nearly 1 million — the most in the world — by 2050, according to United Nations‘ projections, the AP reported.

The world’s oldest man Tomoji Tanabe celebrated his 113th birthday on Sept 18.

Tomoji Tanabe 113 birthday