World News | Number of Centenarians in Japan Tops 86,000

Tokyo [Japan] September 14 (ANI): Japan's health and welfare ministry on Tuesday informed that the number of centenarians in Japan has hit a record high of more than 86,000.

The government survey showed that 86,510 people are aged 100 or above in the country which is 6,060 higher than a year ago. This is the 51st consecutive year when the number of centenarians in Japan has escalated, NHK World reported.

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The survey also stated that 88 per cent of the total centenarians are women while the oldest woman is 118-year-old Tanaka Kane and the oldest man is 111-year-old.

Japan's Shimane Prefecture has the highest ratio of this population, with 134.75 per 1,00,000 people, NHK World reported.

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Shimane is followed by Kochi Prefecture, with 126.29 per 100,000 people, while Kagoshima Prefecture recorded a ratio of 118.74.

Meanwhile, researchers from the Buck Institute and Stanford University have created an inflammatory clock of ageing (iAge) which measures inflammatory load and predicts multi-morbidity, frailty, immune health, cardiovascular ageing and is also associated with exceptional longevity in centenarians.

Utilizing deep learning, a form of AI, in studies of the blood immunome of 1001 people, researchers also identified a modifiable chemokine associated with cardiac ageing which can be used for early detection of age-related pathology and provides a target for interventions. Results are published in Nature Aging. (ANI)

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