Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced that the number of centenarians and supercentenarians in the country reached 107,677 this year, an increase of 7,914 from 2025, marking the 56th consecutive year of growth. This trend, coupled with persistently low birth rates (the total fertility rate dropped to 1.14 in 2025), exacerbates Japan's demographic crisis, placing increasing pressure on its pension, healthcare, and social security systems.