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

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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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[-] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

Anecdotally, I keep seeing more and more obese Japanese people and more and more eating junk. It's not terribly surprising, in that case.

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