Uhulumeni waseJapan ubekhombisa iminyaka engama-25 elandelanayo lokho omkabo banesikhathi eside kakhulu sokuphila ukwedlula noma yimuphi omunye wesifazane emhlabeni.
Ngo-2009, abesifazane baseJapan banweba isikhathi sabo sokuphila esilinganiselwe iminyaka 86,44 futhi amadoda aseJapan angalindela ukuthi aphile iminyaka engama-79,59, isampula elihle kodwa hhayi njengamadoda aseQatar (iminyaka engu-81), eHong Kong (79,8), nase-Iceland naseSwitzerland (aboshwe ku-79,7).
Abesifazane baseHong Kong bakleliswe endaweni yesibili benesikhathi sokuphila seminyaka engama-86,1; Abesifazane baseFrance babe ngabesithathu kwabangu-84,5 kuthi abaseSwitzerland babe ngabesine eminyakeni engama-84,4.
Impilo ende eJapan kuthiwa ingumfanekiso we ukwelashwa okuhle eyehlise ukufa kwabantu ngenxa yomdlavuza, isifo senhliziyo kanye imivimbo kanye nenyumoniya. Ukudla kwaseJapane okunempilo nempilo esezingeni eliphakeme nakho kuneqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwesikhathi eside sabantu.
Ngo-2009, impilo ende kwabesifazane yanda cishe ezinyangeni ezinhlanu, uma kuqhathaniswa cishe nezinyanga ezine zamadoda. Yize lokhu kuyizindaba ezinhle kwabesilisa nabesifazane asebekhulile, okubi ukuthi iJapan inezinga lokuzalwa eliphansi kanye nenani labantu elinciphayo. Umphakathi unezinwele ezimpunga eziningi ngokwengeziwe.
AmaJapan nawo ajwayele ukujabula kakhulu kunabaseMelika, mhlawumbe ngenxa yabo high inhlanzi ukusetshenziswa.