According to the voice of Russia reported on July 26th, the Japanese health, labor and Welfare Ministry says on July 25, 2013 that Japanese women ranked first in the world once again on the base of life expectancy. Their average life expectancy increased 6 months in 2012, reaching the age of 86.4.

据俄罗斯之声7月26日报道，日本健康、劳动与福利部25日称，以平均寿命计，日本女性再次排名世界第一。她们的平均寿命在2012年增长了6个月，达到86.4岁。

The average life expectancy of women in Hong Kong has once surpassed Japanese’s in 2011. People think this is the result of major natural disasters, especially the strong earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

而在2011年时，香港女性的平均寿命曾超过日本女性。据认为，这是由重大自然灾害所造成的，尤其是日本东北部发生的强震和海啸。

It is reported that the average life expectancy of Japanese men has also increased 6 months last year and now is 79.9 years old. The average life expectancy of Japanese men in the world ranks the fifth. The longest average life expectancy of male is San Marino, followed by Iceland and Switzerland.

据悉，日本男性的平均寿命在去年也增加6个月，现在为79.9岁。日本男性的平均寿命在世界上排第五位，男性平均寿命最长的国家是圣马力诺，其次是冰岛和瑞士。