Friday, March 6, 2009

The many 100 birthdays in Japan

Tracey Coyle (3/5/09)

Japan now has so many people over 100 that it is cutting costs by reducing the size of silver cups it presents to those who reach that age. Last year 19,769 people reached triple figures in the world's most rapidly aging country, compared with only 153 in 1963, the year when the cups were first presented. More>>

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