On Aug. 22, Fukushiki Fukushiki, then Japan's longest-living male, died at the age of 110 years. Fukushiki Fukushiki was born in 1910 in Shimotsuma City, Ibaraki Prefecture, served as the director of a local kindergarten until 2015, and was certified as Japan's longest-living male in April of this year. The previous oldest man was Tomotetsu Watanabe, who lived in Niigata City and passed away in February of this year. Following the death of Fusetsuki, Ganzo Ueda, who lives in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, has become the current longest-living male in Japan.
There has been controversy about the world's top country in terms of life expectancy, as Monaco is also considered a sovereign state, and its life expectancy is as high as 89.4 years. However, with a population of just under 40,000, Monaco is not universal and is usually not counted. That's why Japan has the highest life expectancy in the world and has reigned for many years, reaching 83.4 years in 2020. The life expectancy of a population reflects a country's standard of living, living environment, medical care, and social security. The top 30 countries in the world in terms of life expectancy are all developed countries.
So what are the reasons for Japanese longevity?
First of all, Japan has a perfect medical insurance system, in 1922 has enacted the Health Insurance Law, the establishment of the medical insurance system for employees, 1938 and the introduction of the National Health Insurance Law for self-employed, farmers, forest rangers and other groups of medical insurance. Japanese companies have also established a comprehensive health management system for their employees and regularly organize medical checkups for their employees, while the general public has a high level of health awareness and undergoes medical checkups once a year. The advantage of regular medical checkups is that potential diseases can be detected in time and treated before it is too late.
Secondly, Japan's habitat is very good, with an oceanic climate, warm winters and cool summers, and a very high forest cover of 64% within its borders. Japan's environment has not always been very good, in the 1950s and 1960s, the period of economic recovery took off, pollution is very serious, the Seto Inland Sea, Tokyo Bay water eutrophication, and later broke out ? Minamata disease incident? Air quality was also very poor, especially in the cities, and Kitakyushu, the industrial city of Kyushu, was known as the ? City of Seven-Colored Smoke? Later, as protests and demonstrations continued, there was a strong reaction from all sectors of society, leading to relevant legislation in the Diet and the establishment of a system of improved environmental protection regimes.
Lastly, the Japanese people living habits are very good, the Japanese people love clean is famous, basically every day will take a bath, public **** place health environment is also maintained very well, including the street are prohibited smoking. Japan's alcoholic beverages are not high, mostly to sip mainly, the Japanese people's body decomposition of alcohol enzyme is less, the amount of alcohol is generally not. Diet is very light, and food ingredients are mostly fish, shrimp, shellfish, seafood, beans, low oil and salt, which reduces the probability of chronic diseases, the national obesity rate is only 3%, very low.
The high life expectancy also has a hidden worry, which is the serious problem of childlessness, with a very high proportion of young people not getting married or not having children. This is due to the fact that life is very stressful and people are generally very anxious. Although the Japanese government provides a lot of welfare this policy, but the effect is very little.