More than 100,000 people in Japan are now aged 100 or older
Figures show 88% of the centenarians are women as the population continues to age and shrink.
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He becomes the first person to win two lead acting prizes in one night at the prestigious TV ceremony.
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The state post service delivers pensions, medicine and letters to people just miles from the front.
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