Number of Centenarians in Japan Tops 47,000

TOKYO – 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 ...

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