Number Of Centenarians In Japan Tops 47,000 | Fox News:
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Quickly graying Japan said it has a record 47,756 people aged 100 or older -- most of them women.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Tuesday that was an increase of 3,307 from last year and four times more than a dozen years ago.
Some 87.1 percent are women. The oldest is 114-year-old Chiyono Hasegawa, who was born on Nov. 20, 1896. The oldest man is 114-year-old Jirouemon Kimura, whose birthday is April 19, 1897.
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