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Elderly people work out with wooden dumb-bells at a temple in Tokyo in September 2008. Japanese people are living longer than ever, with the average life expectancy now a world-record 86.44 years for women and 79.59 years for men, the health and welfare ministry said Monday.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AP - Japanese women are expected to live almost 86 1/2 years, topping the world longevity ratings for the 25th straight year, the government reported Monday.




Posted on Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:22:33 GMT at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hea...expectancy
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