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Centenarians in Fukushima

AIZUWAKAMATSU, Japan - Makoto Yoshida (L) celebrates his 100th birthday in Aizuwakamastu, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2012, seated next to his 101-year-old wife Tsuru. They have evacuated to Aizuwakamatsu from a no-entry zone near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Many centenarians unaccounted for in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A Kobe city official (L) talks to a 100-year-old resident, Mitsue Watase (C), at her home in the western Japan city Aug. 10, 2010. City officials began a special house-to-house visit program the same day for the elderly after finding more than 100 centenarians registered as residents were unaccounted for.

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Centenarians in Japan number record 28,395

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yone Minagawa, from the town of Fukuchi, Fukuoka Prefecture, the oldest person in Japan at 113, smiles as she receives flowers at a home for the aged at her native town on Sept. 15. As Japan greets the Respect-for-the Aged Day on Sept. 18, centenarians across the country number a record 28,395, comprising 4,150 men and 24,245 women.

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Centenarians in Japan number record 25,606

TOKYO, Japan - Yone Minagawa (photo taken April 6, 2005) from Akaike, Fukuoka Prefecture, is the oldest person in Japan at 112. The government said on Sept. 13 ahead of Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 19 that centenarians in Japan will number a record 25,606 by the end of September.

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Centenarians in Japan total record 23,000

TOKYO, Japan - Ura Koyama (file photo), of Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, is the oldest person in Japan at 114. The number of centenarians in Japan will total a record 23,038 by the end of this month, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Sept. 14 ahead of Sept. 20 Respect for the Aged Day.

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Japan's oldest person turns 113 in Sept.

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo, Japan's oldest person who turns 113 on Sept. 16, is pictured at her home in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 6. A survey conducted by the government to mark Respect for the Elderly Day on Sept. 15 found that the number of Japanese centenarians will hit a record high of 13,036 in September.

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Japan's centenarian population to total record 11,346

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan's oldest person, Kamato Hongo, who will turn 112 on Sept. 16., dances to local music at her home in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 6. The government has announced the population of centenarians in Japan is poised to total a record 11,346 in September.

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Centenarians in Japan total record 23,000

TOKYO, Japan - Ura Koyama (file photo), of Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, is the oldest person in Japan at 114. The number of centenarians in Japan will total a record 23,038 by the end of this month, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Sept. 14 ahead of Sept. 20 Respect for the Aged Day. (Kyodo)

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Photo collection of Hokkaido-born centenarians to be published

Publisher Mitsunobu Yamamoto (R) and photographer Manabu Komori pose in March 2015 in Sapporo with a collection of pictures of people, born in Hokkaido, Japan, who were 100 years old or older. The collection is expected to be published in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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No. of Japanese centenarians exceeds 60,000

Photo taken Aug. 21, 2015, in the central Japanese city of Nagoya shows 112-year-old Yasutaro Koide, who has been recognized as the world's oldest living male by Guinness World Records. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry reported on Sept. 11, 2015, that the number of centenarians in Japan has exceeded 60,000 for the first time since comparable data became available in 1963. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Centenarians in Japan number record 28,395

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, from Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, who turns 111 on Sept. 18, the Respect-for-the Aged Day is Japan's oldest man. Tanabe is looking forward to receiving a courtesy call by Miyakonojo Mayor Makoto Nagamine on that day. Centenarians across Japan number a record 28,395, comprising 4,150 men and 24,245 women. (Kyodo)

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Centenarians in Japan number record 28,395

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yone Minagawa, from the town of Fukuchi, Fukuoka Prefecture, the oldest person in Japan at 113, smiles as she receives flowers at a home for the aged at her native town on Sept. 15. As Japan greets the Respect-for-the Aged Day on Sept. 18, centenarians across the country number a record 28,395, comprising 4,150 men and 24,245 women. (Kyodo)

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Centenarians in Japan number record 25,606

TOKYO, Japan - Yone Minagawa (photo taken April 6, 2005) from Akaike, Fukuoka Prefecture, is the oldest person in Japan at 112. The government said on Sept. 13 ahead of Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 19 that centenarians in Japan will number a record 25,606 by the end of September. (Kyodo)

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Many centenarians unaccounted for in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A Kobe city official (L) talks to a 100-year-old resident, Mitsue Watase (C), at her home in the western Japan city Aug. 10, 2010. City officials began a special house-to-house visit program the same day for the elderly after finding more than 100 centenarians registered as residents were unaccounted for. (Kyodo)

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Centenarians in Fukushima

AIZUWAKAMATSU, Japan - Makoto Yoshida (L) celebrates his 100th birthday in Aizuwakamastu, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2012, seated next to his 101-year-old wife Tsuru. They have evacuated to Aizuwakamatsu from a no-entry zone near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Kyodo)

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