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Dr. Makoto Suzuki, Okinawa Research Center for Longevity Science. The Okinawa Centenarian Study is a study of the elderly people of Okinawa, Japan. The study, funded by Japan's ministry of health, is the largest of its kind ever carried out. Over the years, the scientists involved have had access to more than 600 Okinawan centenarians. [1]
Tane Ikai (猪飼たね, Ikai Tane, 18 January 1879 – 12 July 1995) had been, at the time of her death, Japan's oldest person following the death of 114-year-old Waka Shirahama in 1992, while also being the first person in Japan to reach the ages of 115 and 116 and being the last Japanese person born in the 1870s.
The Okinawa diet reflects the traditional cuisine of Okinawa, Japan, one of the world's Blue Zones. ... Buettner discovered that the centenarians in Okinawa seemed to prioritize nourishing foods ...
Another longevity index applied was the Centenarian rate (CR) for the 1900 birth group (number of persons surviving to 100 years old per 10,000 people alive at age 60) in December 2000. [2] The Sardinia and Okinawa blue zones had CR values for men substantially higher compared to several other countries, whereas values for women were mostly ...
In the decades since, four more areas have been identified around the globe where locals apparently have an increased chance of becoming a centenarian: Okinawa in Japan; Nicoya in Costa Rica ...
But could cracking the code of centenarians—those who live active lives well into their 100s—actually come down to ... Loma Linda, California; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Okinawa, Japan ...
Okinawa had the longest life expectancy in all prefectures of Japan for almost 30 years prior to 2000. [5] The relative life expectancy of Okinawans has since declined, due to many factors including Westernization. [3] [4] In 2000, Okinawa dropped in its ranking for longevity advantage for men to 26th out of 47 within the prefectures of Japan. [3]
For example, many people in the New England Centenarian Study experienced a century free of cancer or heart disease despite smoking as many as 60 cigarettes a day for 50 years. The same applies to people from Okinawa in Japan, where around half of supercentenarians had a history of smoking and one-third were regular alcohol drinkers.