Over Age 100

The Japanese government announced that the number of people in Japan, aged 100 or older has hit a record high of more than 95,000, with women making up almost 90 percent of that number. This number highlights the crisis hitting the world's fourth biggest economy, as the population of Japan ages and shrinks. 

As of the first of September, Japan had 95,119 centenarians. This is up 2,980 from a year ago, with 11,161 men and 83,958 women, according to the health ministry. In other government data, the number of people over the age of 65 in Japan is at a record high of 36.25 million, which is about 30 percent of the population of 124 million. 

The oldest living person in the world is the Japanese woman, Tomiko Itooka,  according to the US-based Gerontology Research Group. She was born May 23, 1908, and now lives in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture.

The oldest living man in Japan is 110 year old Kiyotaka Mizuno, who was born March 14, 1914 and lives in Iwata, Shizuoka. His hobby is listening to live sports, including sumo wrestling.

Japan's expanding elderly population and shrinking overall population is causing a worsening crisis. The expanding elderly population leads to soaring medical costs, with a shrinking labor force to pay for it.  

It is amazing that people live so long in Japan. What do you think? Do you want to live to be 100 or older?