TOKYO (AP) _ Life expectancies in Japan, already the world's longest for both sexes, reached new records in 2001 for the second straight year, a government report said Wednesday.
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said women could expect to live 84.93 years and men 78.07 years in 2001. That was longer than in 2000, when the life expectancy for Japanese women was 84.62 years and men 77.64 years.
Japanese have had the longest life expectancy for years, though suicides linked to the country's economic stagnation caused the figures to decline in the late 1990s.
By comparison, women in Hong Kong could expect to live 83.9 years in 2000. The figures for …
Life Expectancy for Japanese Rises00-00-0000TOKYO (AP) _ Life expectancies in Japan, already the world's longest for both sexes, reached new records in 2001 for the second straight year, a government report said Wednesday.
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said women could expect to live 84.93 years and men 78.07 years in 2001. That was longer than in 2000, when the life expectancy for Japanese women was 84.62 years and men 77.64 years.
Japanese have had the longest life expectancy for years, though suicides linked to the country's economic stagnation caused the figures to decline in the late 1990s.
By comparison, women in Hong Kong could expect to live 83.9 years in 2000. The figures for …
Life Expectancy for Japanese Rises00-00-0000TOKYO (AP) _ Life expectancies in Japan, already the world's longest for both sexes, reached new records in 2001 for the second straight year, a government report said Wednesday.
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said women could expect to live 84.93 years and men 78.07 years in 2001. That was longer than in 2000, when the life expectancy for Japanese women was 84.62 years and men 77.64 years.
Japanese have had the longest life expectancy for years, though suicides linked to the country's economic stagnation caused the figures to decline in the late 1990s.
By comparison, women in Hong Kong could expect to live 83.9 years in 2000. The figures for …
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