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Okinawa island’s population is known as the longest-lived people in the world; there are 34 centenarians per 100,000 people, which is more than three times the rate in the United States. The time when human beings first appeared in Okinawa remains unknown. They may have arrived from the Chinese mainland 32,000 years ago, possibly via land… Read More »