The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan was estimated at a record 95,119 in September, marking an increase for the 54th year in a row, health ministry data showed Tuesday.The total number of centenarians as of Sept. 15 was up 2,980 from a year earlier, with females accounting for 88.3 percent at 83,958, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said one day after the Respect for the Aged Day national holiday.Japan boasts one of the most rapidly aging populations in the world and also the world's oldest person as in August 116-year-old Tomiko Itooka was recognized as such in the book of…READ FULL ARTICLE
