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Japanese life expectancy falls in 2022 for 2nd straight year - The Mainichi

mainichi.jp Japanese life expectancy falls in 2022 for 2nd straight year - The Mainichi

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average life expectancy of Japanese people declined in 2022 for the second straight year, affected significantly by the coronavir

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average life expectancy of Japanese people declined in 2022 for the second straight year, affected significantly by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the health ministry.

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Huh, is this a world-wide trend? The US's life expectancy keeps falling too...
- Not really, a lot of countries already reversed the trend from 2021
  The US is one of the worst performers.
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01450-3
- There were also instances where deceased people were misrepresented as still living so relatives could collect on their pension. When the government began cracking down and the numbers corrected, the reported population of extreme elderly shrank. Obviously it isn’t the only reason, but it may have some impact.
  https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/scandal-missing-100-year-olds-graying-japan/story?id=11393615
  
  wow...
- Wondering if it’s Covid
  
  From the very first line of the article and the blurb autopulled into the body of the post:
  The average life expectancy of Japanese people declined in 2022 for the second straight year, affected significantly by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the health ministry.
  
  Still wondering if it’s Covid
  
  Yeah, it’s a mystery all right.

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