Medically reviewed by Maggie Moon, MS, RD Centenarians—people who live to be at least 100 years old—have captured the ...

I learned from his Blue Zones collaboration with National Geographic that Japan, and specifically Okinawa, is home to one of the highest concentrations of centenarians. These residents have ...

According to Pew Research, Japan is No. 1 in the world when it comes to people in their 100s, at about 146,000, easily ...

The first episode of the docu-series follows author and explorer Dan Buettner on a trip to Okinawa, Japan where viewers learn about the Okinawa diet and why traditional Japanese cuisine may play a ...

Journalist Dan Buettner thinks they are, combined with other forms of physical activity and mostly vegetarian diets.

Roughly 400-miles off the coast of Japan’s southernmost region of Kyushu, Okinawa has long been credited with having one of the highest concentrations of centenarians in the world.

The large number of centenarians in Okinawa could be attributed to many factors, including social connections, healthcare, climate, exercise, and diet. Emiko Kinjo runs the restaurant Emi no Mise ...