Okinawan men fell from first to 43rd while women slipped to 16th in the last life expectancy survey, a slide that is expected ...

NAGANO—Okinawa Prefecture once boasted the longest life expectancy in the country, but it has now dropped well out of the top 10.

Decades of advances in medical technology and public health are causing global populations to age. While achieving longer ...

Japan’s centenarian population has reached a record high as the country continues to maintain the world’s longest life expectancy – a milestone officials credit to healthy lifestyles and fewer fatal ...

Healthy teeth have long been framed as a cosmetic bonus, but new data from Japan suggests they may be as fundamental to ...

GENEVA (AP) ó The World Health Organization says women in Japan have the highest life expectancy in the world with 86 years. WHO says men in San Marino have the longest life expectancy for their sex ...

Having a greater number of missing or decayed teeth has been linked to a shorter life expectancy in a new study.