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Here's Why The Japanese Live So Long
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-japanese-live-so-long-2014-6 ^
| 03/08/2015
| GEOFFREY CAIN, GLOBALPOST
Posted on 03/09/2015 8:04:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
It is an odd title, since the article concludes we don’t know why the Japanese tend to live longer. My guess will be “genetics”...
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posted on
03/09/2015 8:07:49 AM PDT
by
Mr Rogers
(Can you remember what America was like in 2004?)
To: SeekAndFind
But with the birth rate they have they’ll soon be extinct.
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posted on
03/09/2015 8:11:53 AM PDT
by
Catmom
(We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
To: SeekAndFind
Quite a few African Americans (especially women) live long lives too.
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posted on
03/09/2015 8:13:20 AM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(Not deniablse = Not falsifiable = Not science = Not even wrong.)
To: Mr Rogers
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posted on
03/09/2015 8:13:37 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
03/09/2015 8:13:58 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Mr Rogers
The mystery of Japan's missing centenarians
At 111 years old, he was believed to be Japan's oldest man. His 81-year-old daughter had hidden his death and pocketed more than 9m yen ($106,000; £68,000) in pension payments, police said.
Suspicions aroused, local governments sent out teams to check on their elderly residents.
When officials visited the home of Tokyo's reputed oldest woman, Fusa Furuya, aged 113, they discovered that she had not been seen by her daughter since the 1980s.
Japan's media has delivered a day-by-day count of the missing, prompting much national hand-wringing.
One woman who - if alive - would be 125 years old, was found to have been registered as living in a park in Kobe city.
The register in Yamaguchi prefecture indicated one of its residents was alive and kicking at 186 years old.
The nationwide hunt culminated this month with the Justice Ministry reporting more than 230,000 "missing" centenarians - a revelation that sent the country, which traditionally venerates its elderly, into collective shock.
To: SeekAndFind
It is very common in Japan to conceal facts of deaths of elderly relatives to defraud government and keep collecting their benefits. It might have contributed to their health statistics to some degree.
On the other hand I wouldn’t discard ‘Japanese diet’ as well. The most popular cause of death is a heart disease and Japanese food is certainly less stressful for heart than diets of people from countries which aren’t known for long lives of their nationals.
To: SeekAndFind
THEY WALK!!
Anyone that has ever been there can tell you how much walking you’ll do. The train system is the primary means of travel so even if you travel a fair distance using them you must still walk to/from the stations and getting to your final destination. Taxi’s are *very* expensive.
Tokyo is built upward, not outward like the USA. One of the consequences of having so much land in this country is that we’re very spread apart, even a grocery store requires a drive for most. This all results with very little walking. Now we even shop online, rarely going to malls - which at least got us walking around.
Walking...it’s the best exercise you can do.
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posted on
03/09/2015 8:21:25 AM PDT
by
fuzzylogic
(welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
To: Mr Rogers
agree, this article interested me, and yet, ended up totally informative and a waste of time.
To: SeekAndFind
The culture. Find out more about the culture before attributing it to the cuisine.
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posted on
03/09/2015 8:24:07 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: SeekAndFind
Just my two cents having worked full time in Japan 1988-2002.
When I started, the working hours were considerably longer than what we did in America, to the tune of 200 to 300 hours per year. You'd commonly come to work on a Saturday if there was a public holiday during the week.
When I left, the working hours were nearly identical. You can divide the number given in the article by 52 weeks to prove it. In general, the work was far less stressful than here. Yeah, you worked longer hours during the week, but the abundance of paid public holidays more than compensated.
Everyone worked at a fairly even and dependable pace. Fewer super stars, but also a lot less deadwood you had to support because there is no such thing as minority, gender, trans-gender privilege etc. in Japan.
Since work is such a large part of life, less stress in work means less stress in life.
Diet obviously plays a role as does exercise-- you get a lot more of it walking or biking to the local train station than you'll get driving door to door here
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posted on
03/09/2015 8:25:06 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
But not the fish caught off Fukashima.
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posted on
03/09/2015 8:26:17 AM PDT
by
grumpygresh
(Democrats & GOPe delenda est. President zero gave us patient zero.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Is it the radiation from Nagasaki and Fukushima, or the mercury from all of that seafood, or both? Hmmm......
To: fuzzylogic
I walk at least 5 miles/day on a treadmill at 12 degree incline. Hope that counts.
To: SeekAndFind; Larry Lucido; F15Eagle
Oh - geishas - they cater to your every whim. They’re shy at first, but they’re quite skilled at conversation. They can discuss anything from world affairs to the fine art of fishing - or baking.
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posted on
03/09/2015 8:46:12 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Colonel Sanders is an Infantry officer.)
To: SeekAndFind
"We engineered activity out of our lives in the name of convenience. We created foods that put fried, fatty, sweet, and salty ahead of fresh, natural, and healthy . . . "
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posted on
03/09/2015 8:54:43 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: Eric in the Ozarks
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posted on
03/09/2015 9:12:03 AM PDT
by
Maceman
To: SeekAndFind
Ironically, The Japanese also have one of the most highest smoking rates in the work.
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posted on
03/09/2015 9:19:36 AM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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