{
  "id": 7466974,
  "title": "Number of centenarians in Japan tops 100,000 for 1st time, up for 56th yr",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/number-of-centenarians-in-japan-tops-100-000-for-1st-time-up-for-56th",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T04:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260915/p2g/00m/0na/023000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has reached a record high of 107,677. This marks the first time the number of centenarians has exceeded 100,000. According to Free Malaysia Today, around 90% of them are female.\n\nThe population of centenarians has been increasing for 56 consecutive years. Japan has the second-oldest population in the world, with a median age of 49.9 years, after Monaco, according to the World Bank.\n\nThe data was released ahead of the annual Respect for the Aged public holiday. The number of centenarians was recorded as of September 1.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Japan’s centenarians top 100,000 for the first time",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/japans-centenarians-top-100-000-for-the-first-time",
        "published": "2026-09-15T03:32:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}