Japan’s Centenarian Population Hits Record, Surpassing 107,000

Japan has registered a record number of centenarians this year, with more than 107,000 people aged 100 or older.

The new high puts the country’s population of people who have reached their 100th birthday above any previously recorded level.

The milestone offers a striking picture of longevity in Japan, where reaching a century of life is no longer such a distant prospect.

Behind the national total are more than 107,000 individual lives spanning at least a hundred years — a scale that makes this year’s record especially notable.